Bill Text: TX HB3625 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of the governor's university research initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-30 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3625 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3625-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Parker, Murphy, Raney | H.B. No. 3625 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3625: | |||
By: Raney | C.S.H.B. No. 3625 |
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relating to the administration of the governor's university | ||
research initiative. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 62.161(1), 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: | ||
(1) "Distinguished researcher" means: | ||
(A) an individual [ |
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(i) is [ |
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(ii) is [ |
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Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, or the | ||
National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as the Institute of | ||
Medicine; or | ||
(iii) has attained a highly prestigious | ||
national academic recognition, as defined by office rule; or | ||
(B) a group of researchers who have attained the | ||
recognition described by Paragraph (A)(iii), as defined by office | ||
rule. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.162(b), 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: | ||
(b) The office in consultation with the commissioner of | ||
higher education may adopt any rules the office considers necessary | ||
to administer this subchapter. The commissioner shall recommend to | ||
the office the types of national academic recognitions that are | ||
considered to be highly prestigious for purposes of determining | ||
which individuals or groups qualify as a "distinguished researcher" | ||
under Section 62.161. | ||
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 | ||
62.169 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.169. ADVISORY BOARD. (a) The governor's | ||
university research initiative advisory board is established to | ||
assist the office with the review and evaluation of applications | ||
for funding of grant proposals under this subchapter. The advisory | ||
board shall make recommendations to the office for approval or | ||
disapproval of those applications. | ||
(b) The advisory board must be composed of at least nine | ||
members appointed by the governor. Of the members of the board: | ||
(1) one-third of the members, as nearly as possible, | ||
must have a background in finance; | ||
(2) one-third of the members, as nearly as possible, | ||
must have an academic background in science, technology, | ||
engineering, or mathematics; and | ||
(3) one-third of the members, as nearly as possible, | ||
must be public members. | ||
(c) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
size, composition, or duration of the advisory board. | ||
(d) A member of the advisory board who is or has been | ||
employed by, is or has been a party to a contract for any purpose | ||
with, or is a student or former student of an applicant eligible | ||
institution may not be involved in the review, evaluation, or | ||
recommendation of a grant proposal made by that institution. | ||
(e) An advisory board member is not required to be a | ||
resident of this state. | ||
(f) Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without | ||
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or | ||
national origin of the appointees. | ||
(g) Members of the advisory board serve without | ||
compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and | ||
necessary expenses in attending meetings of the board or performing | ||
other official duties authorized by the office. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter H, Chapter 62, Education Code, as | ||
added by Chapter 448 (H.B. 7), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2015, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a grant application submitted to the Texas Economic Development | ||
and Tourism Office in the office of the governor on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A grant application submitted before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on | ||
the date the application was submitted, and that law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
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, 2021. |