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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the numbering of propositions on the ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.095, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 52.095. PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise |
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provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more |
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than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in |
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which the propositions are to appear on the ballot. |
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(b) Each political subdivision's proposition on the ballot |
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shall be assigned a unique number on the ballot. |
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(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |