Bill Text: TX SB328 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the numbering of local and state propositions on the ballot.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to State Affairs [SB328 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB328-Introduced.html

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84R3604 SRS-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 328

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the numbering 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 shall be assigned a
unique number that corresponds to the order in which it is placed on
the ballot based on the following:
(1) numbers 1 through 99 shall be assigned to state
propositions;
(2) numbers 101 through 199 shall be assigned to
county ballot propositions;
(3) numbers 201 through 299 shall be assigned to
municipal propositions;
(4) numbers 301 through 499 shall be assigned to
school district propositions, with the county clerk assigning each
school district its own number range, as applicable;
(5) numbers 501 through 699 shall be assigned to
junior college district propositions, in the same manner numbers
are assigned to school district propositions;
(6) numbers 701 through 799 shall be assigned to
hospital district propositions;
(7) numbers 801 through 899 shall be assigned to other
special district propositions; and
(8) numbers 901 through 999 shall be assigned to
miscellaneous propositions.
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures
necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.