Bill Text: TX HB1000 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to state support for general academic teaching institutions in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-03 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1000 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1000-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1000 |
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relating to state support for general academic teaching | ||
institutions in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 62, | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS RESEARCH UNIVERSITY [ |
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SECTION 2. Sections 62.051(1) and (2), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Eligible institution" means an institution of | ||
higher education that[ |
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under the coordinating board's accountability system and, for any | ||
three consecutive state fiscal years beginning on or after | ||
September 1, 2010, made total annual research expenditures in an | ||
average annual amount of not less than $450 million[ |
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(2) "Fund" means the Texas research university | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 62.052, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.052. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to | ||
provide funding to eligible research universities [ |
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instruction and research. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 62.053, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.053. FUND. (a) The Texas research university | ||
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(a-1) In each state fiscal year, amounts shall be | ||
appropriated to eligible institutions based on the average amount | ||
of total research funds expended by each institution per year for | ||
the three preceding state fiscal years. | ||
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total research funds expended by an eligible institution in a state | ||
fiscal year is the amount of those funds as reported to the | ||
coordinating board by the institution for that fiscal year, subject | ||
to any adjustment by the coordinating board in accordance with the | ||
standards and accounting methods the coordinating board prescribes | ||
for purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 5. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 62, | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E. TEXAS COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 62.091, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.091. PURPOSE. The Texas comprehensive research | ||
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increased research capacity at eligible general academic teaching | ||
institutions. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 62.092, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(2) "Eligible institution" means a general academic | ||
teaching institution[ |
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(A) The University of Texas at Austin or Texas | ||
A&M University; or | ||
(B) an institution of higher education described | ||
by Section 62.132(2). | ||
(3) "Fund" means the Texas comprehensive research | ||
fund. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 62.093, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.093. FUNDING [ |
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comprehensive research [ |
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appropriated by the legislature to eligible institutions for the | ||
purposes of this subchapter [ |
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SECTION 9. The heading to Section 62.095, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.095. APPROPRIATION [ |
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ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 62.095(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) In each state fiscal year, amounts [ |
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based on the average amount of restricted research funds expended | ||
by each institution per year for the three preceding state fiscal | ||
years. | ||
SECTION 11. The heading to Section 62.096, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.096. VERIFICATION [ |
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SECTION 12. Sections 62.096(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For purposes of this subchapter and Subchapter F-1, the | ||
coordinating board shall prescribe standards and accounting | ||
methods for determining the amount of restricted research funds | ||
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(1) under this subchapter by an eligible institution; | ||
or | ||
(2) under Subchapter F-1 by an eligible institution, | ||
as that term is defined by Section 62.132(2). | ||
(b) For purposes of this subchapter and Subchapter F-1, the | ||
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institutions to approve the allocations standards and accounting | ||
methods established by the coordinating board and to consider | ||
appeals authorized by Subsection (e) or Section 62.135(b) [ |
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SECTION 13. Section 62.097, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.097. USE OF APPROPRIATED [ |
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An eligible institution may use money received from the [ |
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educational and general activities, including research and student | ||
services, that promote increased research capacity at the | ||
institution. | ||
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institution in that fiscal year may be held and used by the | ||
institution in subsequent fiscal years. | ||
SECTION 14. Chapter 62, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter F-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER F-1. CORE RESEARCH SUPPORT FUND | ||
Sec. 62.131. PURPOSE. The core research support fund is | ||
established to provide funding to promote increased research | ||
capacity at emerging research universities. | ||
Sec. 62.132. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board. | ||
(2) "Eligible institution" means an institution of | ||
higher education that is designated as an emerging research | ||
university under the coordinating board's accountability system. | ||
(3) "Fund" means the core research support fund. | ||
Sec. 62.133. FUNDING. The core research support fund | ||
consists of money appropriated by the legislature to eligible | ||
institutions for the purposes of this subchapter. | ||
Sec. 62.134. APPROPRIATION OF FUND TO ELIGIBLE | ||
INSTITUTIONS. In each state fiscal year, amounts shall be | ||
appropriated to eligible institutions as follows: | ||
(1) 50 percent based on the average amount of | ||
restricted research funds expended by each institution per year for | ||
the three preceding state fiscal years, determined in the manner | ||
described by Section 62.095(b); and | ||
(2) 50 percent based on the average amount of total | ||
research funds expended by each institution per year for the three | ||
preceding state fiscal years, determined in the manner described by | ||
Section 62.053(b). | ||
Sec. 62.135. VERIFICATION. (a) The coordinating board may | ||
audit the appropriate records of an eligible institution to verify | ||
information for purposes of this subchapter. | ||
(b) For final determination of eligibility, an eligible | ||
institution may appeal to the advisory committee described by | ||
Section 62.096 the coordinating board's decision regarding the | ||
institution's verified information relating to the amounts of | ||
restricted research expended. | ||
Sec. 62.136. USE OF APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS. (a) An eligible | ||
institution may use money received from the fund only for the | ||
support and maintenance of educational and general activities, | ||
including research and student services, that promote increased | ||
research capacity at the institution. | ||
(b) Money received by an institution from the fund in a | ||
fiscal year that is not used by the institution in that fiscal year | ||
may be held and used by the institution in subsequent fiscal years. | ||
Sec. 62.137. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) Each eligible institution | ||
that receives money under this subchapter in a state fiscal year | ||
shall prepare a report at the end of that fiscal year describing the | ||
manner in which the institution used the money. The institution | ||
shall include in the report information regarding the use of money | ||
spent in that fiscal year that was received under this subchapter in | ||
a preceding fiscal year. | ||
(b) The institution shall deliver a copy of the report to | ||
the coordinating board and the Legislative Budget Board not later | ||
than December 1 after the end of the fiscal year. The Legislative | ||
Budget Board may establish requirements for the form and content of | ||
the report. | ||
(c) The institution shall include in the report information | ||
on the use or other disposition of money the institution previously | ||
received from the Texas excellence fund or the university research | ||
fund, if the institution spent money from either of those funds in | ||
the fiscal year of the report. | ||
SECTION 15. Sections 62.0925 and 62.094, Education Code, | ||
are repealed. | ||
SECTION 16. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1000 was passed by the House on May | ||
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 15, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1000 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |