| 1 | 1 | | 89R498 PRL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1192 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a requirement that the ballot for an election to amend |
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| 10 | 10 | | the state constitution include an estimate of the cost to the state |
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| 11 | 11 | | of the proposed amendment. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 274.001, Election Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 274.001. FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT; COST ESTIMATE. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 274.001, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 17 | 17 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (d) For each proposition submitting a proposed |
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| 19 | 19 | | constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prepare for |
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| 20 | 20 | | placement on the ballot an estimate of the anticipated cost to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | state of the proposed amendment during the state fiscal biennium in |
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| 22 | 22 | | which the proposed amendment takes effect should the proposition be |
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| 23 | 23 | | approved at the election. The secretary of state may request the |
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| 24 | 24 | | assistance of the Legislative Budget Board in preparing the |
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| 25 | 25 | | estimate required by this subsection. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. Section 274.003(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 27 | 27 | | read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) For each proposed constitutional amendment, the |
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| 29 | 29 | | secretary of state shall certify in writing for placement on the |
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| 30 | 30 | | ballot: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) the wording of the proposition submitting the |
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| 32 | 32 | | amendment; [and] |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) the cost estimate prepared for the proposition |
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| 34 | 34 | | under Section 274.001(d); and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) the proposition's number. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. The secretary of state may adopt rules as |
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| 37 | 37 | | necessary to implement and administer Section 274.001(d), Election |
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| 38 | 38 | | Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 40 | 40 | | a ballot for an election on a proposed constitutional amendment |
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| 41 | 41 | | ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An election on a |
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| 42 | 42 | | proposed constitutional amendment ordered before the effective |
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| 43 | 43 | | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the election |
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| 44 | 44 | | was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 45 | 45 | | purpose. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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