TO: | Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1603 by Shapleigh (Relating to requiring financial disclosure concerning reports prepared by public institutions of higher education for other entities.), As Introduced |
Under provisions of the bill, institutions of higher education that receive payment to conduct research, analysis, a survey, or other academic, scientific, or technical work and prepare a report of that work would be required to state in the report that the institution received payment to conduct the work and prepare the report. The statement must also include the identity of the entity providing the payment and the amount of the payment.
Provisions of the bill would be implemented within existing resources.
Source Agencies: | 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KK, RT, SSh
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