| 1 | 1 | | By: Branch (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2631 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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| 4 | 4 | | Education; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the advanced research program. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 142, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | CHAPTER 142. NORMAN HACKERMAN ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAM |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 142.001(4), Education Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 16 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (4) "Program" means the Norman Hackerman advanced |
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| 18 | 18 | | research program established under this chapter. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 3. Section 142.002, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 20 | 20 | | read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 142.002. PURPOSE. The Norman Hackerman advanced |
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| 22 | 22 | | research program is established to encourage and provide support |
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| 23 | 23 | | for basic research conducted by faculty members and students in |
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| 24 | 24 | | astronomy, atmospheric science, biological and behavioral |
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| 25 | 25 | | sciences, chemistry, computer sciences, earth sciences, |
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| 26 | 26 | | engineering, information science, mathematics, material sciences, |
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| 27 | 27 | | oceanography, physics, environmental issues affecting the |
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| 28 | 28 | | Texas-Mexico border region, the reduction of industrial, |
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| 29 | 29 | | agricultural, and domestic water use, social sciences, and related |
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| 30 | 30 | | disciplines in eligible institutions. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. Section 142.004(a), Education Code, is amended |
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| 32 | 32 | | to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) The program is funded by appropriations and by gifts, |
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| 34 | 34 | | grants, and donations made for purposes of the program [that |
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| 35 | 35 | | purpose]. [The total funds appropriated to the program may be at |
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| 36 | 36 | | least equal to 10 percent of the average amount of the federally |
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| 37 | 37 | | sponsored research funds allocated to all institutions of higher |
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| 38 | 38 | | education annually during the preceding three years.] |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 5. Section 142.004(b), Education Code, is repealed. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 45 | 45 | | * * * * * |
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