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1	1	By: Jackson S.B. No. 1047
2	2	(J. Davis of Harris)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the eligibility of an innovation and commercialization
8	8	organization associated with the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center to
9	9	receive funding from the Texas emerging technology fund.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 490.001, Government Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subdivision (5) to read as follows:
13	13	(5) "Research institution" means:
14	14	(A) a public institution of higher education; or
15	15	(B) an innovation and commercialization
16	16	organization associated with the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of
17	17	the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
18	18	SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 490.151, Government
19	19	Code, is amended to read as follows:
20	20	(a) Amounts allocated from the fund for use as provided by
21	21	this subchapter shall be reserved for incentives for private or
22	22	nonprofit entities to collaborate with research institutions in
23	23	this state [public] or private institutions of higher education in
24	24	this state on emerging technology projects with a demonstrable
25	25	economic benefit to this state.
26	26	SECTION 3. Section 490.251, Government Code, is amended to
27	27	read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 490.251. USE OF MONEY FOR ACQUISITION OF RESEARCH
29	29	SUPERIORITY. Amounts allocated from the fund for use as provided by
30	30	this subchapter shall be used to acquire new or enhance existing
31	31	research superiority at research [public] institutions [of higher
32	32	education] in this state.
33	33	SECTION 4. Section 490.252, Government Code, is amended to
34	34	read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 490.252. RESEARCH SUPERIORITY. For purposes of this
36	36	subchapter, the employment by a research [an] institution [of
37	37	higher education] of one or more world-class or nationally
38	38	recognized researchers and associated assistants in an industry
39	39	eligible to receive funding under Section 490.003 is considered
40	40	"research superiority."
41	41	SECTION 5. Subsection (a), Section 490.253, Government
42	42	Code, is amended to read as follows:
43	43	(a) The committee shall review and consider proposals by
44	44	research [public] institutions [of higher education] for:
45	45	(1) creating new research superiority;
46	46	(2) attracting existing research superiority from
47	47	institutions not located in this state and other research entities;
48	48	or
49	49	(3) enhancing existing research superiority by
50	50	attracting from outside this state additional researchers and
51	51	resources.
52	52	SECTION 6. Subsection (a), Section 490.256, Government
53	53	Code, is amended to read as follows:
54	54	(a) A research [An] institution [of higher education] may
55	55	not knowingly attempt to attract an individual key researcher or
56	56	research superiority identified for consideration for funding by
57	57	another research institution in this state or a [public or] private
58	58	institution of higher education in this state under this
59	59	subchapter.
60	60	SECTION 7. Subsection (a), Section 490.257, Government
61	61	Code, is amended to read as follows:
62	62	(a) A research [public] institution [of higher education]
63	63	must document specific benefits that this state may expect to gain
64	64	as a result of attracting the research superiority before the
65	65	institution may enter into a contract to receive funding or
66	66	incentives under this subchapter.
67	67	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.