85R646 SRS-D     By: Shaheen H.B. No. 907       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a form prescribed by the secretary of state for certain   petitions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 277, Election Code, is amended by adding   Section 277.005 to read as follows:          Sec. 277.005.  PETITION FORM. (a) The secretary of state   shall prescribe the form, content, and procedure for a petition.          (b)  An authority may only accept a petition that follows the   official form prescribed under Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2018, the secretary of   state shall adopt a petition form as required by this Act.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a petition submitted on or after January 1, 2018.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.