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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of distinguished researcher for purposes |
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of the governor's university research initiative. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.161(1), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapters 323 (S.B. 632) and 915 (H.B. 26), Acts of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Distinguished researcher" means a researcher who |
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is: |
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(A) a Nobel laureate or the recipient of an |
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equivalent honor; [or] |
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(B) a member of a national honorific society, |
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such as the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of |
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Engineering, or the National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as |
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the Institute of Medicine, or an equivalent honorific organization; |
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or |
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(C) the principal investigator for a research |
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project or other research for which expenditures of at least $1 |
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million have been made for each of the preceding three years. |
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SECTION 2. Section 62.161(2), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 448 (H.B. 7), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Distinguished researcher" means a researcher who |
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is: |
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(A) a Nobel laureate or the recipient of an |
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equivalent honor; [or] |
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(B) a member of a national honorific society, |
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such as the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of |
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Engineering, or the National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as |
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the Institute of Medicine, or an equivalent honorific organization; |
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or |
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(C) the principal investigator for a research |
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project or other research for which expenditures of at least $1 |
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million have been made for each of the preceding three years. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for receipt of a matching grant from the governor's |
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university research initiative that is submitted on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An application for receipt of a |
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matching grant from the governor's university research initiative |
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that is submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the application is submitted, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |