Bill Text: TX SB957 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the content and numbering of propositions on the ballot.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [SB957 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB957-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 957 | ||
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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, 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 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 (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. | ||
| (c) Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of | ||
| the authority ordering the election on the measure. | ||
| (d) 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. PROPOSITION BALLOT ORDER. A proposed | ||
| constitutional amendment must be placed on the ballot before all | ||
| other propositions. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 957 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 22, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 957 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
