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Amend CSHB 1372 as follows:                                                  

(1)  Strike SECTIONS 1 and 5 of the substitute.
	(2)  Add the following SECTIONS to the substitute:                             
	SECTION ___.  Section 497.058, Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 497.058.  PIECP [PREVAILING] WAGE.  (a)  The authority 
by rule shall require that participants at each private sector 
prison industries program be paid not less than the prison industry 
enhancement certification program (PIECP) [prevailing] wage as 
computed by the Texas Workforce Commission [authority], except 
that:
		(1)  the authority may permit employers to pay a 
participant the federal minimum wage for the two-month period 
beginning on the date participation begins; and
		(2)  the minimum wage for participants under the 
supervision of the Texas Youth Commission, because of the age of the 
participants and the extensive training component of their 
employment, is the federal minimum wage.
	(b)  For the purposes of computations required by this 
section:              
		(1)  the PIECP [prevailing] wage is the wage paid by the 
employer for work of a similar nature in the location in which the 
work is performed;
		(2)  in the event that the employer has no employees 
other than those employed under this subchapter performing work of 
a similar nature within the location, the prevailing wage for work 
of a similar nature is determined by reference to openings and wages 
by occupation data collected by the labor market information 
department of the Texas Workforce Commission; and
		(3)  the location in which work is performed is the 
local workforce development area in which the work is performed.
	SECTION ___.  Section 497.0581(a), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The authority by rule shall determine the amount of 
deductions to be taken from wages received by the participant under 
this subchapter.  The authority may establish deductions for 
participants under the supervision of the Texas Youth Commission 
that are different than deductions established for other 
participants in the program.  In determining the amount of 
deductions under this section, the authority shall ensure that the 
deductions do not place the private sector prison industries 
programs in the department in noncompliance with the federal prison 
enhancement certification program established under 18 U.S.C. 
Section 1761.
	SECTION ___.  Section 501.013, Government Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The manufacturing and logistics division and the 
institutional division shall work cooperatively in supervising the 
production and sale of arts and crafts under this section.
	(3)  Renumber remaining SECTIONS of the substitute 
accordingly.