Floor Packet Page No. 63                                                    



	Amend CSHB 3 as follows:                                                     

	(1) On page 35, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:                 

	"(d)  Notwithstanding the actual amount of wages and cash 

compensation paid by a taxable entity to its officers, directors, 

owners, partners, and employees, a taxable entity employing more 

than 100,000 persons in Texas may not include:

		(1)  50 percent of the amount paid by a taxable ent in 

wages and cash compensation to any employee of taxable entity if the 

employee or a member of the employee's family receives assistance 

under the Medicaid program; and

		(2)  25 percent of the amount paid in wages and cash 

compensation to any employee of the taxable entity if the employee 

or a member of the employee's family receives assistance under the 

Children's Health Insurance Program."