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.