TX SB506

Ballot propositions must be written with "definiteness, certainty, and facial neutrality" so voters are not misled

Registered voters or home-rule city representatives may submit ballot proposition language to the Secretary of State for review within 7 days of publication; the Secretary has 7 days to determine if language is misleading, inaccurate, or prejudicial

Cities found to have defective ballot language must draft corrected propositions within 3 days; if the revised language is still problematic, the Secretary of State will draft the final ballot proposition

Courts may award attorney's fees, expenses, and court costs to plaintiffs who successfully challenge misleading ballot propositions through mandamus actions; cities with court findings of misleading ballot language must submit all propositions to the Secretary of State for approval for 4 years

Political subdivisions are prohibited from placing competing measures on the same ballot as petition-initiated measures if they address the same subject matter or would conflict with the citizen initiative; violations within 180 days of petition receipt render the government's measure void