Amend HB 3522 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 9 (page 3, line 5, committee printing),
following "(a)", strike "This", and substitute "Except as provided
in Subsection (b), this".
      (2)  In SECTION 9, insert a new Subsection (b) (page 3,
between lines 5 and 6, committee printing), to read as follows:
      "(b)  Section 408.104, Labor Code, as added by SECTION 5 of
this Act, takes effect January 1, 1998."
      (3)  Renumber the subsequent subsections appropriately.