Amend CSHB 3657 in SECTION 1.05 of the bill, in amended Section 481.155, Government Code (page 6, between lines 3 and 4, senate committee report printing), by inserting the following new subsection: (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) of this section or any other provision of this subchapter, a grant awarded under this section for a job training project is exempt from the requirement that a job under the project pay at least 100 percent of the county average weekly wage for the county in which the job or project is located if the grant application was filed before September 1, 1999, and the application is for training for 1,000 or more technology-related jobs, the training is to begin not later than June 1, 2000, and all training is to be completed not later than August 31, 2001. This subsection expires September 1, 2001.