Amend CSHB 265 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, line 6, strike "Section 172.022(a), Election
Code, is amended to" and substitute "Section 172.022, Election
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to".
      (2)  On page 1, strike lines 8-16 and substitute the
following:
      (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in a county with a
population of less than 200,000, an application for a place on the
general primary election ballot must be filed with:
            (1)  the state chair, for an office filled by voters of
more than one county and for the office of state senator or state
representative; or
            (2)  the county chair or the secretary, if any, of the
county executive committee, for an office filled by voters of a
single county other than the office of state senator or state
representative.