By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1602
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports and other information required of or held by
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.406, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to a report required of a
university system or institution of higher education under any of
the following laws:
(1) Section 62.098, Education Code;
(2) Chapter 1551, Insurance Code;
(3) Section 51.0051, Education Code;
(4) Subchapter C, Chapter 606, Government Code;
(5) Subchapter E, Chapter 815, Government Code;
(6) Section 411.187(b), Government Code; and
(7) Article 59.06(g)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure.
(e) This section does not apply to requests for information
from the State Auditor's Office.
SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 772.009, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(g) Each state agency other than an [or] institution of
higher education shall file an annual report with the grant writing
team concerning the agency's efforts in acquiring available
discretionary federal funds during the preceding state fiscal year.
The grant writing team shall establish guidelines for information
included in the annual report required by this section. The grant
writing team shall evaluate the effectiveness of each agency in
acquiring discretionary federal funds and shall report the
evaluation to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 3. Section 2054.121, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The department and council shall review all plans and
reports required of an institution of higher education under this
section, including plans or reports required under this chapter.
After September 1, 2014, a plan or report required of state agencies
generally is not required of an institution of higher education
except to the extent expressly provided by department rule adopted
on or after September 1, 2013.
SECTION 4. Subchapter Q, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.5061 to read as follows:
Sec. 361.5061. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. An
institution of higher education required to develop a source
reduction and waste minimization plan for more than one facility
under this subchapter may develop and submit a single plan covering
all facilities and submit a single annual report and executive
summary.
SECTION 5. Section 161.032, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Notwithstanding other requirements of this section, the
records of a medical committee of a university medical school or a
health sciences center, including a joint committee, may be
disclosed to the extent required by federal law as a condition of
federal funding.
SECTION 6. Subchapter L, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 7. 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, 2013.