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.