{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-274.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 274.001","heading":"FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT.","body":"(a) If the legislature fails to prescribe the wording of the proposition submitting a proposed constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prescribe it.\n(b) The proposition prescribed by the secretary of state must describe the proposed amendment in terms that clearly express its scope and character.\n(c) The governor shall include the proposition in the proclamation ordering the election at which the constitutional amendment will be submitted.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 274. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS","SUBCHAPTER A. AMENDMENT ON BALLOT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.274.htm#274.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"2046b6b394f2b7570edefaf2565b21b4cc5446d0eb84a4f847de74ef17a12e4e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-273.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-274.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}