Bill Text: TX SB1150 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the content of local and state propositions on the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1150-Introduced.html
85R129 SRS-D | ||
By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1150 |
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relating to the content of local and state 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 proposition on the ballot must identify the name of | ||
the authority ordering the election on the measure and assign a | ||
number to the measure that corresponds to the order in which it is | ||
placed on the ballot. | ||
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures | ||
necessary to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |