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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the content and numbering of propositions on the |
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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 or letter on the ballot as |
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follows: |
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(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), for each |
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proposition on the ballot, the authority ordering the election |
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shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that |
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corresponds to its order on the ballot; and |
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(2) for each proposition on the ballot to be voted on |
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statewide, the authority ordering the election shall assign a |
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number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot. |
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(c) Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of |
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the authority ordering the election on the measure. |
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(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures |
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necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 274, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 274.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 274.004. PROPOSITION BALLOT ORDER. A proposed |
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constitutional amendment must be placed on the ballot before all |
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other propositions. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |