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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the feasibility of requiring certain |
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researchers to make research papers available to the public. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 441, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 441.021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 441.021. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON COLLECTING PUBLISHED |
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RESEARCH. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" |
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has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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(b) This section applies only to a researcher whose research |
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is funded wholly or partly with: |
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(1) state money; or |
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(2) federal money, if the research is conducted in |
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this state or by an institution of higher education. |
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(c) The commission, in consultation with institutions of |
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higher education, shall study the feasibility of requiring each |
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researcher to submit to a state agency an electronic copy of each |
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original research paper by the researcher that is accepted for |
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publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The study must examine: |
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(1) the time requirements for submitting a research |
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paper; |
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(2) the manner for making the research paper available |
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to the public, including posting on an Internet website; and |
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(3) the state agencies that have the resources |
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necessary to collect research papers and coordinate the |
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dissemination of the research papers. |
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(d) Not later than December 1, 2014, the commission shall |
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report the results of the study, its findings, and any |
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recommendations to the legislature. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |