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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022 )
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL 4362 By: Hill
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to economic development ; defining
terms; creating the Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology Intern
Partnership STEM Workforce Pipeline Program;
authorizing Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
Science and Technology to administer program ;
providing for competitive interns hip funding for
applicant organizations; requiring applicant
organizations to submit certain information;
requiring applicant organizations meet certain
requirements; requiring Board to make certain
findings before awarding funds; authorizing Oklahoma
Center for the Advancement of Scien ce and Technology
to promulgate rules; providing for codification;
providing an effective date ; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5060.44 of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section :
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1. "Applicant organization " means an Oklahoma-based entity that
is a nonprofit research foundation or private enterprise of special
importance to the Oklahoma economy ; and
2. "Eligible student" means an individual currently enrolled in
an undergraduate or graduate program at an institution of higher
education who is majoring in a science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) based discipline including, but not limited to,
natural sciences, computer science, materials science, engineering,
biomedical, biotechnical, data analytics, finance, mathema tics, or a
support area related t o building successful Oklahoma high tech
companies.
B. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology Intern Partnership for STEM
Workforce Pipeline Program to be administered by the Oklahoma Center
for the Advancement of Science and Technology under the governance
of the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development
Board.
C. The Program shall award competitive internship funds,
through professional service contracts , to applicant organizations
to hire qualified student interns to participate in innovative
industry projects.
D. To qualify for Program internship funds, the applicant
organization must provide :
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1. Documentation verifyin g that not less than fifty percent
(50%) of the total direct cost of the proposed project will be
provided by sources other than the Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology and other state-appropriated
money. Such sources may be in the form of salary, cash, non state
grant funds, and other sources of funding as defined by the Oklahoma
Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology ;
2. A description of the potential commercial application of and
the industrial sectors that will likely benefit from the project an d
the potential to enhance employme nt opportunities in Oklahoma;
3. An itemized research budget, time line, and research
methodology; and
4. Any other informati on that may be required by the B oard.
E. The Board shall award professional service contracts after
it determines the applicant o rganization:
1. Provides a beneficial and meaningful intern experience which
includes exposure to real -world application of technology and
innovation activities;
2. Involves projects leading to innovation, new knowledge , or
technology that will benefit t he applicant organization;
3. Has a reasonable probability to enhance employment
opportunities within Oklahoma;
4. Is technically sound, will produce a measurable result, and
provide a positive impact to the applicant organization ; and
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5. Does not involve market surveys or research activities that
create fundamental or basic information which lack the potential for
reasonably short-term commercialization .
F. Based upon the information submitted by the applicant
organization, external peer review, and such additional
investigation as the staff of the Center shall make, t he Board may
approve such professional service contracts after the Board finds
that:
1. The proposed project is research that leads to innovation,
new knowledge, or technology and is not training or technical
assistance for business firms;
2. The project has a reasonable probability to enhance
employment opportunities within the state; and
3. The project is technically sound and will produce a
measurable result.
G. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology shall promulgate rules necessary to implement and
administer the Program authorized in this section .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES, dated 03/03/2022 - DO PASS,
As Amended.