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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 85(R)

Senate Bill 81

Senate Author:  Nelson

Effective:  9-1-17

House Sponsor:  Davis, Sarah et al.


            Senate Bill 81 amends the Government Code and Health and Safety Code to continue the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), designate a CPRIT member as an appointed officer of a major state agency for purposes of state ethics law, and establish the authority of CPRIT to transfer to the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company its management and disposition authority over the state's interest in benefits realized as a result of projects undertaken with money awarded from the cancer prevention and research fund.