Amend CSHB 3103 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 181.033(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular deadline for candidates to file applications for a place on the general primary ballot [5 p.m. on January 2 preceding the convention].