83R21623 KEL-D
 
  By: Branch, Otto, Pitts H.B. No. 2765
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2765:
 
  By:  Branch C.S.H.B. No. 2765
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of the Texas competitive knowledge fund to
  support excellence at qualifying institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 62, Education Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS COMPETITIVE KNOWLEDGE [RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
  DEVELOPMENT] FUND
         Sec. 62.051.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
               (1)  "Eligible institution" means an institution of
  higher education that:
                     (A)  is designated as a research university [or
  emerging research university] under the coordinating board's
  accountability system and, for any three consecutive state fiscal
  years beginning on or after September 1, 2010, made total annual
  research expenditures in an average annual amount of not less than
  $450 million; or
                     (B)  is designated as an emerging research
  university under the coordinating board's accountability system
  and, for any three consecutive state fiscal years beginning on or
  after September 1, 2010, made total annual research expenditures in
  an average annual amount of not less than $50 million.
               (2)  "Fund" means the Texas competitive knowledge fund.
               (3)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 61.003.
         Sec. 62.052.  PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to
  provide funding to eligible research universities and emerging
  research universities to support faculty to ensure excellence in
  instruction and research [for the recruitment and retention of
  highly qualified faculty and the enhancement of research
  productivity at those universities].
         Sec. 62.053.  FUND [FUNDING]. (a) The Texas competitive
  knowledge fund consists of money [For each state fiscal year, the
  coordinating board shall distribute any funds] appropriated by the
  legislature for the purposes of this subchapter[, and any other
  funds made available for the purposes of this subchapter,] to
  eligible institutions [based on the average amount of total
  research funds expended by each institution annually during the
  three most recent state fiscal years, according to the following
  rates:
               [(1)     at least $1 million for every $10 million of the
  average annual amount of those research funds expended by the
  institution, if that average amount for the institution is $50
  million or more; and
               [(2)     at least $500,000 for every $10 million of the
  average annual amount of those research funds expended by the
  institution, if that average amount for the institution is less
  than $50 million].
         (b)  For purposes of this section [Subsection (a)], the
  amount of total research funds expended by an eligible institution
  in a state fiscal year is the amount of those funds as reported to
  the coordinating board by the institution for that fiscal year,
  subject to any adjustment by the coordinating board in accordance
  with the standards and accounting methods the coordinating board
  prescribes for purposes of this section.  [If the funds available
  for distribution for a state fiscal year under Subsection (a) are
  not sufficient to provide the amount specified by Subsection (a)
  for each eligible institution or exceed the amount sufficient for
  that purpose, the available amount shall be distributed in
  proportion to the total amount to which each institution is
  otherwise entitled under Subsection (a).]
         Sec. 62.0535.  INITIAL CONTRIBUTION. For the first state
  fiscal biennium in which an eligible institution receives an
  appropriation under this subchapter, the institution's other
  general revenue appropriations shall be reduced by an amount not to
  exceed the lesser of $5 million for the biennium or the amount of
  the institution's appropriation under this subchapter for the
  biennium. The bill making the appropriation must expressly
  identify the purpose for which the appropriations were reduced in
  accordance with this section.
         Sec. 62.054.  APPROPRIATION AMOUNTS [RULES]. (a)  Of the
  total amount appropriated for purposes of this subchapter in a
  state fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to receive
  an appropriation in the amount determined in accordance with this
  section.
         (b)  Not less than 50 percent of the total amount
  appropriated for purposes of this subchapter shall be appropriated
  to eligible institutions described by Section 62.051(1)(A). Each
  institution is entitled to receive a share of that amount in
  proportion to the average amount of total research funds expended
  by each institution annually during the three fiscal years
  preceding the state fiscal biennium for which the money is
  appropriated.
         (c)  The remainder of the total amount appropriated for
  purposes of this subchapter shall be appropriated to eligible
  institutions described by Section 62.051(1)(B). Each institution
  is entitled to receive a share of that amount in proportion to the
  average amount of total research funds expended by each institution
  annually during the three fiscal years preceding the state fiscal
  biennium for which the money is appropriated.  [The coordinating
  board shall adopt rules for the administration of this subchapter,
  including any rules the coordinating board considers necessary
  regarding the submission to the coordinating board by eligible
  institutions of any student data required for the coordinating
  board to carry out its duties under this subchapter.]
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
  Board, in consultation with institutions of higher education that
  are eligible institutions under Subchapter C, Chapter 62, Education
  Code, as amended by this Act, shall study and make recommendations
  regarding the appropriate definitions and categories of research
  expenditures to be included and applied in determining an
  institution's eligibility for and the amount of distributions from
  the Texas competitive knowledge fund established by that
  subchapter.
         (b)  Not later than December 1, 2014, the coordinating board
  shall report its study and deliver its recommendations to the:
               (1)  governor;
               (2)  lieutenant governor;
               (3)  speaker of the house of representatives;
               (4)  chair of the Senate Committee on Finance;
               (5)  chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education;
               (6)  chair of the House Committee on Appropriations;
  and
               (7)  chair of the House Committee on Higher Education.
         (c)  At the request of an institution of higher education
  that consults with the coordinating board under this section, the
  coordinating board shall include with its recommendations the
  written response of the institution to those recommendations.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.