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