TITLE: Relating to the numbering of local and state propositions on the ballot.

SUMMARY: Relating to the numbering of local and state propositions on the ballot.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the numbering of local and state 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 proposition on the ballot shall be assigned a unique number that corresponds to the order in which it is placed on the ballot based on the following: (1) numbers 1 through 99 shall be assigned to state propositions; (2) numbers 101 through 199 shall be assigned to county ballot propositions; (3) numbers 201 through 299 shall be assigned to municipal propositions; (4) numbers 301 through 499 shall be assigned to school district propositions, with the county clerk assigning each school district its own number range, as applicable; (5) numbers 501 through 699 shall be assigned to junior college district propositions, in the same manner numbers are assigned to school district propositions; (6) numbers 701 through 799 shall be assigned to hospital district propositions; (7) numbers 801 through 899 shall be assigned to other special district propositions; and (8) numbers 901 through 999 shall be assigned to miscellaneous propositions. (c) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.