LUMINEX CORPORATION FORM OF AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

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                                                                  Exhibit 10.35

                               LUMINEX CORPORATION

                         FORM OF AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

     THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is made by and between ___________
(the "Executive") and LUMINEX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company") effective as of March _____, 2006 (the "Amendment Effective Date").

                                    WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement (the "Employment
Agreement") with the Executive dated as of _________;

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment
Agreement such that no payments due thereunder would cause Executive to incur
any additional tax under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for the reasons set forth above, the Company and the
Executive hereby amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

     1. Six Month Delay for Certain Payments. The following new Section 4.8
shall be inserted into the Employment