Amend CSHB 1606 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONs of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONs 
of the bill appropriately:
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (c), Section 171.002, Election 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The chair is elected at the general primary election by 
majority vote of the qualified voters of the state who vote in the 
election and shall serve for a term of two years beginning the 20th 
day after runoff primary election day.  The[,] vice chair[,] and 
members representing the senatorial districts are elected at the 
party's biennial state convention.  [However, the chair, vice 
chair, and members may be elected for four-year terms at the state 
convention held in gubernatorial election years.]  Each holds 
office until a successor is elected and assumes office.
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 172.021, Election 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An application must, in addition to complying with 
Section 141.031, be accompanied by the appropriate filing fee or, 
instead of the filing fee, a petition that satisfies the 
requirements prescribed by Section 141.062.  A political party may 
not require payment of a fee as a condition to applying for a place 
on the ballot as a candidate for state chair, county chair, or 
precinct chair.
	SECTION ____.  Section 172.061, Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 172.061.  CANDIDATE FOR PARTY OFFICE.  (a)  Except for 
Sections 172.058(b), 172.059(c), and 172.060(b), this subchapter 
applies to a candidate for state chair, county chair, or precinct 
chair.
	(b)  If a runoff candidate for state chair, county chair, or 
precinct chair withdraws, the remaining candidate is considered to 
be elected and the runoff election for that office is not held.
	SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 181.004, Election 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The party shall provide by rule for the selection of a 
chair of [the state executive committee and] each county executive 
committee.