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                                     LRB093 05072 MKM 13623 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3438

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3438 on page  4  by
 3    replacing lines 1 through 6 with the following:
 4                  "(iv)  Subject to appropriations, a $7 per hour
 5             minimum rate beginning July 1, 2003.
 6                  (v)  Subject  to appropriations, an $8 per hour
 7             minimum rate beginning January 1, 2005.
 8                  (vi) Subject to appropriations, a $9  per  hour
 9             minimum rate beginning July 1, 2005.
10        If  the Department and the personal care attendants reach
11    any collective bargaining agreement regarding the  wages  and
12    benefits  they  receive  for providing services, the terms of
13    that agreement regarding wages and benefits  shall  supercede
14    any terms of this Section regarding wages and benefits.".