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Tex. Elec. Code § 274.001 (2026)

Form Of Amendment On Ballot

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Sec. 274.001. FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT. (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.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez, & Rev. Robert Jefferson v. Annise D. Parker & City of Houston, 466 S.W.3d 820 (Tex. 2015).

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Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez, & Rev. Robert Jefferson v. Annise D. Parker & City of Houston, 466 S.W.3d 820 (Tex. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec. Code § 274.001(a), (b) (requiring the secretary of state at times to word proposition's “describing]” proposed state constitutional amendments).”

Rooms With a View, Inc. v. Private Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 7 S.W.3d 840 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “XVII, § 1; Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 274.001(b) (West 1986).”

Jane Nelson, in Her Off. Capacity as Texas Sec'y of State v. True Texas Proj., Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom, Grassroots Am. - We the People, Julie McCarty, Terri Hall, & JoAnn Fleming (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “See TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 274.001(a) (stating that “[i]f the legislature fails to prescribe the wording of the proposition submitting a proposed constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prescribe it”).”

Rooms With a View, Inc., a Texas Corp., Nat'l Ass'n of the Remodeling Indus.-Houston Chapter, Inc. v. Private Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, Inc., D/B/A Pennie Mae (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “XVII, § 1; Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 274.001 (b) (West 1986).”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 274.001(a) — 2 cases

Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez, & Rev. Robert Jefferson v. Annise D. Parker & City of Houston, 466 S.W.3d 820 (Tex. 2015). “See Tex. Elec. Code § 274.001(a), (b) (requiring the secretary of state at times to word proposition's “describing]” proposed state constitutional amendments).”

Jane Nelson, in Her Off. Capacity as Texas Sec'y of State v. True Texas Proj., Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom, Grassroots Am. - We the People, Julie McCarty, Terri Hall, & JoAnn Fleming (Tex. App. 2024). “See TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 274.001(a) (stating that “[i]f the legislature fails to prescribe the wording of the proposition submitting a proposed constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prescribe it”).”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 274.001(b) — 2 cases

Rooms With a View, Inc. v. Private Nat'l Mortg. Ass'n, 7 S.W.3d 840 (Tex. App. 1999). “XVII, § 1; Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 274.001(b) (West 1986).”

Jane Nelson, in Her Off. Capacity as Texas Sec'y of State v. True Texas Proj., Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom, Grassroots Am. - We the People, Julie McCarty, Terri Hall, & JoAnn Fleming (Tex. App. 2024). “See TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 274.001(a) (stating that “[i]f the legislature fails to prescribe the wording of the proposition submitting a proposed constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prescribe it”).”

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