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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the awarding of grants provided by the Cancer |
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Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 102.256, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The oversight committee shall establish standards that |
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require all grant awards to be subject to an intellectual property |
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agreement that allows the state to collect royalties, income, and |
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other benefits, including interest or proceeds resulting from |
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securities and equity ownership, realized as a result of projects |
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undertaken with money awarded under Subchapter E. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.262, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.262. PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The following |
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information is public information and may be disclosed under |
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Chapter 552, Government Code: |
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(1) the applicant's name and address; |
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(2) the amount of funding applied for; |
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(3) the type of cancer to be addressed under the |
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proposal; and |
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(4) any other information designated by the institute |
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with the consent of the grant applicant. |
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(b) In order to protect the actual or potential value of |
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information submitted to the institute by an applicant for or |
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recipient of an institute grant, the following information |
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submitted by such applicant or recipient is confidential and is not |
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subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, or any |
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other law: |
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(1) all information, except as provided in Subsection |
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(a) or information that is contained in a grant award contract |
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between the institute and a grant recipient, relating to a product, |
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device, or process, the application or use of such a product, |
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device, or process, and all technological and scientific |
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information, including computer programs, developed in whole or in |
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part by an applicant for or recipient of an institute grant, |
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regardless of whether patentable or capable of being registered |
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under copyright or trademark laws, that has a potential for being |
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sold, traded, or licensed for a fee; and |
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(2) the plans, specifications, blueprints, and |
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designs, including related proprietary information, of a |
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scientific research and development facility that is jointly |
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financed by the federal government and a local government or state |
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agency, including an institution of higher education, if the |
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facility is designed and built for the purposes of promoting |
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scientific research and development and increasing the economic |
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development and diversification of this state. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |