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1	1	S.B. No. 44
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the participation of students in funding awarded under
6	6	the advanced research program.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 142.001, Education Code, is amended by
9	9	amending Subdivision (3) and adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as
10	10	follows:
11	11	(3) "Eligible institution" means an institution of
12	12	higher education[, as defined by Section 61.003(8) of this code].
13	13	(3-a) "Institution of higher education" and "medical
14	14	and dental unit" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
15	15	SECTION 2. Section 142.002, Education Code, is amended to
16	16	read as follows:
17	17	Sec. 142.002. PURPOSE. The advanced research program is
18	18	established to encourage and provide support for basic research
19	19	conducted by faculty members and students in astronomy, atmospheric
20	20	science, biological and behavioral sciences, chemistry, computer
21	21	sciences, earth sciences, engineering, information science,
22	22	mathematics, material sciences, oceanography, physics,
23	23	environmental issues affecting the Texas-Mexico border region, the
24	24	reduction of industrial, agricultural, and domestic water use,
25	25	social sciences, and related disciplines in eligible institutions.
26	26	SECTION 3. Subsection (c), Section 142.003, Education Code,
27	27	is amended to read as follows:
28	28	(c) The guidelines and procedures developed by the
29	29	coordinating board must:
30	30	(1) provide for awards on a competitive, peer review
31	31	basis for specific projects at eligible institutions; and
32	32	(2) require that, as a condition of receiving an
33	33	award, an eligible institution must use a portion of the award to
34	34	support, in connection with the project for which the award is made,
35	35	basic research conducted by:
36	36	(A) graduate or undergraduate students, if the
37	37	eligible institution is a medical and dental unit; or
38	38	(B) undergraduate students, if the eligible
39	39	institution is any other institution of higher education.
40	40	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
41	41	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
42	42	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
43	43	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
44	44	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
45	45	______________________________ ______________________________
46	46	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
47	47	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 44 passed the Senate on
48	48	March 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
49	49	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the
50	50	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
51	51	______________________________
52	52	Secretary of the Senate
53	53	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 44 passed the House, with
54	54	amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
55	55	Nays 0, one present not voting.
56	56	______________________________
57	57	Chief Clerk of the House
58	58	Approved:
59	59	______________________________
60	60	Date
61	61	______________________________
62	62	Governor