Amend HB 2133 as follows:
      (1)  Sec. 412.052, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 412.052.  <PROVISIONAL> EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN STATE
AGENCIES.
      (2)  Sec. 412.052, Labor Code, is amended by deleting
subsections (b) and (c).
      (3)  SECTION 9 is amended to read as follows:
      SECTION 9.  Except as provided by Section 17 of this Act the
change in law made by this Act to Chapter 501<, excluding Sec.
501.022, Labor Code,>: applies only to a claim for workers'
compensation benefits based on a compensable injury that occurs on
or after September 1, 1997.  A claim based on a compensable injury
that occurs before that date is governed by the law in effect on
the date that the injury occurred, and the former law in continued
in effect for that purpose.