By: Armbrister S.B. No. 780
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the funding for the Center for Educational Technology.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 14.044(i), Education Code, is amended to
1-4 read as follows:
1-5 (i) The legislature may <shall> provide funds for the
1-6 initial development of the center. <However, no unrestricted
1-7 general revenue funds shall be directly appropriated for the
1-8 continued operation of the center after the first three years of
1-9 operation.> In addition, the General Revenue Fund shall be
1-10 reimbursed for the initial appropriations from any royalties or
1-11 other income of the center. For the purposes of this section,
1-12 membership revenues, in-kind contributions and other matching funds
1-13 raised by the center shall be considered as credit toward this
1-14 reimbursement. Additional support for the center may include:
1-15 (1) annual membership dues for the private members;
1-16 (2) research services donated by members;
1-17 (3) facilities provided by each sponsoring institution
1-18 of higher education;
1-19 (4) public and private grants; and
1-20 (5) royalties or licensing fees from marketed products
1-21 produced by the center.
1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.