By: Gonzales of Williamson, et al. H.B. No. 273
        (Senate Sponsor - Campbell)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
  May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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 and identify them
  as follows:
               (1)  except as provided by Subdivision (2), for each
  proposition on the ballot, the authority ordering the election
  shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that
  corresponds to its order on the ballot; and
               (2)  for each proposition on the ballot to be voted on
  statewide, the authority ordering the election shall assign a
  number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot.
         (b)  Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of
  the authority ordering the election on the measure.
         (c)  The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures
  necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 274, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 274.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 274.004.  PROPOSITION BALLOT ORDER. A proposed
  constitutional amendment must be placed on the ballot before all
  other propositions.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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