Amend HB 2509 as follows:
      Insert the following new Section of the bill, appropriately
numbered, and renumber subsequent Sections of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION _____.  Section 11.055(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an <An>
application of a candidate for a place on the ballot:
            (1)  must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 45th
day before the date of the election; and
            (2)  <.  An application> may not be filed earlier than
the 30th day before the date of the filing deadline.