By: McCall H.B. No. 210
73R817 MLM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the funding for the Center for Educational Technology.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 14.044(i), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (i) The legislature may <shall> provide funds for the
1-7 <initial> development of the center. <However, no unrestricted
1-8 general revenue funds shall be directly appropriated for the
1-9 continued operation of the center after the first three years of
1-10 operation. In addition, the General Revenue Fund shall be
1-11 reimbursed for the initial appropriations from any royalties or
1-12 other income of the center.> Additional support for the center may
1-13 include:
1-14 (1) annual membership dues for the private members;
1-15 (2) research services donated by members;
1-16 (3) facilities provided by each sponsoring institution
1-17 of higher education;
1-18 (4) public and private grants; and
1-19 (5) royalties or licensing fees from marketed products
1-20 produced by the center.
1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.