(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.

Terms Used In Texas Election Code 274.001

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Proposition: means the wording appearing on a ballot to identify a measure. See Texas Election Code 1.005

(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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