Bill Text: TX HB2631 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the advanced research program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2631-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the advanced research program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2631-Introduced.html
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By: Branch | H.B. No. 2631 |
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relating to the advanced research program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 142, Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 142. NORMAN HACKERMAN ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAM | ||
SECTION 2. Section 142.001(4), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(4) "Program" means the Norman Hackerman advanced | ||
research program established under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 142.002, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 142.002. PURPOSE. The Norman Hackerman 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 4. Section 142.004(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The program is funded by appropriations and by gifts, | ||
grants, and donations made for purposes of the program [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 142.004(b), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2011. |