85R29181 SRS-D
 
  By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 957
 
  (Laubenberg, Gonzales of Williamson, Hinojosa, Geren,
 
  Rose) 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the content and numbering of 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 political subdivision's proposition on the ballot
  shall be assigned a unique number or letter on the ballot 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.
         (c)  Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of
  the authority ordering the election on the measure.
         (d)  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 immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.