Tex. Election Code § 274.001
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 274.001, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 274.001. FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT.
Official statutory text
(a) If the legislature fails to prescribe the wording of the proposition submitting a proposed constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prescribe it.
(b) The proposition prescribed by the secretary of state must describe the proposed amendment in terms that clearly express its scope and character.
(c) The governor shall include the proposition in the proclamation ordering the election at which the constitutional amendment will be submitted.
(b) The proposition prescribed by the secretary of state must describe the proposed amendment in terms that clearly express its scope and character.
(c) The governor shall include the proposition in the proclamation ordering the election at which the constitutional amendment will be submitted.
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