By Williams H.B. No. 2547
76R5035 CAG-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the operation of the Geo-Technology Research Institute.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 149.002, Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 149.002. GEO-TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE. The
1-7 Geo-Technology Research Institute is located at the center, a
1-8 research consortium that includes The University of Texas at
1-9 Austin, Texas A&M University, Rice University, and the University
1-10 of Houston.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 149.004, Education Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 149.004. DUTIES. (a) The institute shall conduct basic
1-14 and applied research and analysis in geoscience [geophysics],
1-15 geo-technology, and related fields, including the implementation of
1-16 technological advances and development of integrated databases [to
1-17 discover new reserves and to develop technology that increases the
1-18 production potential of oil and natural gas].
1-19 (b) Results of the research of the institute shall be made
1-20 available to state agencies [the General Land Office, the Railroad
1-21 Commission of Texas], other public bodies and officials, industry,
1-22 and private citizens [groups].
1-23 SECTION 3. Section 149.005(c), Education Code, is amended to
1-24 read as follows:
2-1 (c) The use of state funds is limited to expenditures for
2-2 basic and applied research and analysis, excluding construction
2-3 costs [for construction, operation, or maintenance of facilities].
2-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-10 passage, and it is so enacted.