FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Rooms With a View, Inc. v. Private National Mortgage Ass'n (1999)
Most recently applied in Allen Mark Dacus, Elizabeth C. Perez, and Rev. Robert Jefferson v. Annise D. Parker and City of Houston (June 2015)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff
(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.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.