| 1 | 1 | | 2017S0417-1 03/07/17 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1766 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the content and placement of certain ballot |
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| 8 | 8 | | propositions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 52.095, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 52.095. PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise |
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| 13 | 13 | | provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more |
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| 14 | 14 | | than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in |
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| 15 | 15 | | which the propositions are to appear on the ballot and identify them |
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| 16 | 16 | | as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), for each |
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| 18 | 18 | | proposition on the ballot, the authority ordering the election |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that |
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| 20 | 20 | | corresponds to its order on the ballot; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) for each proposition on the ballot to be voted on |
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| 22 | 22 | | statewide, the authority ordering the election shall assign a |
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| 23 | 23 | | number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of |
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| 25 | 25 | | the authority ordering the election on the measure. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures |
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| 27 | 27 | | necessary to implement this section. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 274, Election Code, is |
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| 29 | 29 | | amended by adding Section 274.004 to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 274.004. PLACEMENT ON BALLOT. A proposition |
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| 31 | 31 | | submitting a proposed constitutional amendment must be placed |
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| 32 | 32 | | before all other propositions on the ballot. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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