89R498 PRL-D     By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1192       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a requirement that the ballot for an election to amend   the state constitution include an estimate of the cost to the state   of the proposed amendment.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 274.001, Election Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 274.001.  FORM OF AMENDMENT ON BALLOT; COST ESTIMATE.          SECTION 2.  Section 274.001, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  For each proposition submitting a proposed   constitutional amendment, the secretary of state shall prepare for   placement on the ballot an estimate of the anticipated cost to the   state of the proposed amendment during the state fiscal biennium in   which the proposed amendment takes effect should the proposition be   approved at the election.  The secretary of state may request the   assistance of the Legislative Budget Board in preparing the   estimate required by this subsection.          SECTION 3.  Section 274.003(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  For each proposed constitutional amendment, the   secretary of state shall certify in writing for placement on the   ballot:                (1)  the wording of the proposition submitting the   amendment; [and]                (2)  the cost estimate prepared for the proposition   under Section 274.001(d); and                (3)  the proposition's number.          SECTION 4.  The secretary of state may adopt rules as   necessary to implement and administer Section 274.001(d), Election   Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a ballot for an election on a proposed constitutional amendment   ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.  An election on a   proposed constitutional amendment ordered before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the election   was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.