By: Campbell, Hinojosa S.B. No. 957
(In the Senate - Filed February 17, 2017; March 1, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the 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 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.
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