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Amend HB 3646 on third reading by inserting the following new
SECTION, appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 313.023(3), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(3) "Qualifying job" means a permanent full-time job
that:
(A) requires at least 1,600 hours of work a year;
(B) is not transferred from one area in this
state to another area in this state;
(C) is not created to replace a previous
employee;
(D) is covered by a group health benefit plan, as
defined by Section 481.151, Government Code, for which the business
offers to pay at least 80 percent of the premiums or other charges
assessed for employee-only coverage under the plan, regardless of
whether an employee may voluntarily waive the coverage; and
(E) pays at least 110 percent of:
(i) the county average weekly wage for
manufacturing jobs in the county where the job is located; or
(ii) the county average weekly wage for all
jobs in the county where the job is located, if the property owner
creates more than 1,000 jobs in that county.