Bill Text: TX HB2318 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the content and numbering of propositions on the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2318 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2318-Engrossed.html
By: Geren | H.B. No. 2318 |
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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(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(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 (3) [ |
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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; | ||
(2) if more than one political subdivision's | ||
proposition is to appear on the ballot, the authority shall assign a | ||
unique letter of the alphabet to each measure; and | ||
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voted on statewide, the authority ordering the election shall | ||
assign a number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the | ||
ballot. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |