Bill Text: TX HB4319 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the form of a constitutional amendment on a ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4319-Introduced.html
By: Schofield | H.B. No. 4319 |
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relating to the form of a constitutional amendment on a ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 274.001, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 274.001. FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT. (a) The [ |
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proposition submitting a proposed constitutional amendment[ |
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(b) The proposition [ |
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must describe the proposed amendment in plain language [ |
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clearly expresses the [ |
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proposed amendment. | ||
(c) The governor shall include the proposition in the form | ||
prescribed under Subsection (a) in the proclamation ordering the | ||
election at which the constitutional amendment will be submitted. | ||
(d) If the legislature fails to prescribe specific wording | ||
for a proposition to appear on a ballot in plain language, the | ||
proposition shall not appear on the ballot. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
ballot proposition for a constitutional amendment proposed by the | ||
legislature on or after the effective date of this Act. A ballot | ||
proposition for a constitutional amendment proposed by the | ||
legislature before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, | ||
and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |