Bill Text: TX HB3260 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to use of the governor's university research initiative fund to support the commercialization of property derived from research at or through public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-05 - Left pending in committee [HB3260 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3260-Introduced.html
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By: Button | H.B. No. 3260 |
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relating to use of the governor's university research initiative | ||
fund to support the commercialization of property derived from | ||
research at or through public institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 62.161, Education Code, as added by | ||
Chapters 323 (S.B. 632) and 915 (H.B. 26), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended by adding | ||
Subdivision (8) to read as follows: | ||
(8) "Public institution of higher education" means an | ||
institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.164(a), Education Code, as added by | ||
Chapters 323 (S.B. 632) and 915 (H.B. 26), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In awarding grants under Section 62.163, the office | ||
shall give priority to grant proposals that involve the recruitment | ||
of distinguished researchers in the fields of science, technology, | ||
engineering, mathematics, and medicine. With respect to proposals | ||
involving those fields, the office shall give priority to proposals | ||
that demonstrate a reasonable likelihood of contributing | ||
substantially to this state's national and global economic | ||
competitiveness. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 62, Education Code, as | ||
added by Chapters 323 (S.B. 632) and 915 (H.B. 26), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended by adding Section | ||
62.1645 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.1645. GRANT FOR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY RESEARCH | ||
DEVELOPMENT WITH PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP. (a) The office may provide | ||
grants to public institutions of higher education from the fund to | ||
supplement other funding for projects involving the | ||
commercialization of intellectual property or other property | ||
derived from research developed at or through a public institution | ||
of higher education. To be eligible for a grant under this section, | ||
a project must be supported by funding provided by one or more | ||
private entities participating in the project, in addition to any | ||
funding provided by the public institution of higher education. | ||
(b) The amount of a grant awarded under this section may not | ||
exceed 50 percent of the total amount of investment in the project | ||
provided by the applicable public institution of higher education | ||
and the participating private entity or entities. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 62.168, Education Code, as added by | ||
Chapters 323 (S.B. 632) and 915 (H.B. 26), Acts of the 84th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.168. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (a) Before the | ||
beginning of each regular session of the legislature the governor | ||
shall submit to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the standing committees of each house of the | ||
legislature with primary jurisdiction over economic development | ||
and higher education matters and post on the office of the | ||
governor's Internet website a report on grants made from the fund. | ||
(b) For matching grants made to eligible institutions from | ||
the fund under Section 62.163, the report must state [ |
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(1) the total amount of matching funds granted by the | ||
office; | ||
(2) the total amount of matching funds granted to each | ||
recipient institution; | ||
(3) a brief description of each distinguished | ||
researcher recruited by each recipient institution, including any | ||
amount of external research funding that followed the distinguished | ||
researcher to the institution; | ||
(4) a brief description of the expenditures made from | ||
the matching grant funds for each distinguished researcher; and | ||
(5) when available, a brief description of each | ||
distinguished researcher's contribution to the state's economic | ||
competitiveness, including: | ||
(A) any patents issued to the distinguished | ||
researcher after accepting employment by the recipient | ||
institution; and | ||
(B) any external research funding, public or | ||
private, obtained by the distinguished researcher after accepting | ||
employment by the recipient institution. | ||
(c) For grants made to public institutions of higher | ||
education from the fund under Section 62.1645, the report must | ||
include only the amount and purpose of each grant. | ||
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made confidential by law. | ||
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that receives a matching grant under this subchapter to submit, on a | ||
form the governor provides, information required to complete the | ||
report. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |