Amend HB 2086 as follows:
      (1)  On page 1, line 6, between "WAGES." and "In this
subtitle", insert "(a)".
      (2)  On page 1, strike lines 12-20 and substitute the
following:
            (A)  $9,000, for a calendar year before calendar year
2002; and
            (B) for calendar year 2002 and each succeeding calendar
year, the amount of remuneration set as provided by Subsection (b);
      (3) On page 3, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
      (b)  In calendar year 2002 and each subsequent calendar year,
the remuneration on which an employer shall pay taxes shall
increase by $1000 in the calendar year following the assessment of
a deficit tax under Section 204.063.  For each calendar year in
which a deficit tax is assessed, the remuneration on which an
employer shall pay taxes shall remain at the level applicable to
the previous calendar year.  The maximum amount of remuneration
taxable under this subsection is $12,000 for any calendar year.