DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 881 Original 2016 Regular Session Jay Morris
Abstract: Requires each public postsecondary education management board annually to report to
the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and publish on its website specified
information relative to all research projects and initiatives conducted under its jurisdiction.
Proposed law requires each public postsecondary education management board, not later than Feb.
first of each year, to submit to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and to publish on its
website information relative to each research project or research initiative conducted at an institution
or by any other entity under its jurisdiction. Requires that such information include the following:
(1) A description of the research project or initiative, including its objective and when it or its
predecessor was started.
(2) The cost of the project or initiative both annually and cumulatively, including means of
finance, which shall include whether the source of funding is the State General Fund or other
state funding, federal funding, local funding, private funding, or any other type of funding.
(3) The progress that has been made toward the meeting the objective of the project or initiative.
(4) How many people work full-time or part-time on the project or initiative.
(5) All contracts let that relate in any way to the project or initiative.
(Adds R.S. 17:3351(J))