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.