85R129 SRS-D
 
  By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 273
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the content of local and state propositions on the
  ballot.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 52.095, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 52.095.  PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise
  provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more
  than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in
  which the propositions are to appear on the ballot.
         (b)  Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of
  the authority ordering the election on the measure and assign a
  number to the measure that corresponds to the order in which it is
  placed on the ballot.
         (c)  The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures
  necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.