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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 881
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAY MORRIS
HIGHER EDUCATION: 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 research projects and grants
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:3351(J), relative to the public postsecondary education management
3 boards; to require each public postsecondary education management board annually
4 to report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and to publish on its
5 website specified information relative to research projects and grants; to provide an
6 annual deadline for such reporting and publication; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(J) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education
11 management boards
12 * * *
13 J.(1) In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by this Section,
14 each public postsecondary education management board, not later than February first
15 of each year, shall submit to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and
16 publish on its website information relative to each research project and grant
17 conducted at an institution or by any other entity under its jurisdiction. Such
18 information shall include the following:
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1 (a) A brief and general description of the project or grant, including its
2 objective and when it or its predecessor was started.
3 (b) The amount of state funds spent on the project or grant, including state
4 general fund, statutorily dedicated funds, and fees and self-generated revenues.
5 (c) A brief and general description of the progress that has been made toward
6 meeting the objective of the project or grant.
7 (2) In addition to the information required by Paragraph (1) of this
8 Subsection, each institution shall provide a total amount spent on research during the
9 prior fiscal year as follows:
10 (a) The amount of funding from state sources, including state general fund,
11 statutorily dedicated funds, and fees and self-generated revenues.
12 (b) The amount of federal matching funds generated as a result of such
13 expenditures.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 881 Reengrossed 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 grants 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 grant conducted at
an institution or by any other entity under its jurisdiction. Requires that such information
include the following:
(1)A brief and general description of the research project or grant, including its
objective and when it or its predecessor was started.
(2)The amount of state funds spent on the project or grant, including state general fund,
statutorily dedicated funds, and fees and self-generated revenues.
(3)A brief and general description of the progress that has been made toward the
meeting the objective of the project or grant.
Proposed law further requires each institution to provide a total amount spent on research
during the prior fiscal year as follows:
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(1)The amount of funding from state sources, including state general fund, statutorily
dedicated funds, and fees and self-generated revenues.
(2)The amount of federal matching funds generated as a result of such expenditures.
(Adds R.S. 17:3351(J))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the
original bill:
1. Require the submission and posting of specified information relative to research
grants instead of research initiatives.
2. Require that the descriptions submitted and posted with regard to the objectives
and progress of the projects and grants be brief and general.
3. Require that instead of submitting and posting information on cost and specific
sources of funding, the institutions shall submit information on the amount of
state funds spent.
4. Require each institution to provide a total amount of state funds spent on
research during the prior fiscal year.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Require that information required by proposed law contain the amount of state
funds spent on a project, including general fund, statutorily dedicated funds, and
fees and self-generated revenues rather than the amount of state general fund
monies or dedicated state funds spent on a project.
2. Require that institutions, instead of providing a total amount of state dollars spent
on research during the prior fiscal year regardless of the means of finance,
provide a total amount spent on such research as follows:
(a)The amount of funding from state sources, including state general fund,
statutorily dedicated funds, and fees and self-generated revenues.
(b)The amount of federal matching funds generated as a result of such
expenditures.
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