Bill Text: TX SB1766 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the content and placement of certain ballot propositions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1766 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1766-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1766 | |
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| relating to the content and placement of certain ballot | ||
| propositions. | ||
| 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 and identify them | ||
| 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. | ||
| (b) Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of | ||
| the authority ordering the election on the measure. | ||
| (c) 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. PLACEMENT ON BALLOT. A proposition | ||
| submitting a proposed constitutional amendment must be placed | ||
| before all other propositions on the ballot. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
