S.B. No. 957
AN ACT
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.
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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.
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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.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor