82R29606 KJM-D
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1304
(Castro)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1304: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring financial disclosure concerning reports
prepared by public institutions of higher education for for-profit
entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.955 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.955. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENT FOR REPORTS
PREPARED FOR FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. (a) An institution of higher
education, as defined by Section 61.003, that contracts with a
for-profit entity for the institution, in return for payment from
the entity, to conduct research, analysis, a survey, or other
academic, scientific, or technical work and prepare a report of
that work shall include in the report:
(1) a statement that the institution received payment
to conduct the work and prepare the report; and
(2) the identity of the entity providing the payment.
(b) This section does not apply to research, analysis, a
survey, or other academic, scientific, or technical work that:
(1) is publicly funded by a governmental entity,
including any funding received through pass-through funding; or
(2) is performed under any agreement executed before
September 1, 2011, regardless of the source of the funding.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.