85R3610 JG-D
 
  By: Nelson S.B. No. 81
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the operations of the Cancer Prevention and Research
  Institute of Texas.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 572.003(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The term means a member of:
               (1)  the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
               (2)  the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
               (3)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
               (4)  the [The] Finance Commission of Texas;
               (5)  the Texas Facilities Commission;
               (6)  the Texas Board of Criminal Justice;
               (7)  the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement
  System of Texas;
               (8)  the Texas Transportation Commission;
               (9)  the Texas Department of Insurance;
               (10)  the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
               (11)  the Public Safety Commission;
               (12)  the Texas Ethics Commission;
               (13)  the State Securities Board;
               (14)  the Texas Water Development Board;
               (15)  the governing board of a public senior college or
  university as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or of The
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, The University of
  Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, The University of Texas Health
  Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas Health Science
  Center at San Antonio, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
  Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler,
  University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth,
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas State Technical
  College--Harlingen, Texas State Technical College--Marshall, Texas
  State Technical College--Sweetwater, or Texas State Technical
  College--Waco;
               (16)  the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
               (17)  the Texas Workforce Commission;
               (18)  the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement
  System of Texas;
               (19)  the Credit Union Commission;
               (20)  the School Land Board;
               (21)  the board of the Texas Department of Housing and
  Community Affairs;
               (22)  the Texas Racing Commission;
               (23)  the State Board of Dental Examiners;
               (24)  the Texas Medical Board;
               (25)  the Board of Pardons and Paroles;
               (26)  the Texas State Board of Pharmacy;
               (27)  the Department of Information Resources
  governing board;
               (28)  the Motor Vehicle Board;
               (29)  the Texas Real Estate Commission;
               (30)  the board of directors of the State Bar of Texas;
               (31)  the Bond Review Board [bond review board];
               (32)  the Health and Human Services Commission;
               (33)  the Texas Funeral Service Commission;
               (34)  the board of directors of a river authority
  created under the Texas Constitution or a statute of this state;
  [or]
               (35)  the Texas Lottery Commission; or
               (36)  the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of
  Texas.
         SECTION 2.  Section 102.107, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 102.107.  POWERS AND DUTIES. (a)  The oversight
  committee shall:
               (1)  hire a chief executive officer;
               (2)  annually set priorities as prescribed by the
  legislature for each grant program that receives money under this
  chapter; and
               (3)  consider the priorities set under Subdivision (2)
  in awarding grants under this chapter.
         (b)  The oversight committee may conduct a closed meeting in
  accordance with Subchapter E, Chapter 551, Government Code, to
  discuss issues related to managing, acquiring, or selling
  securities or other revenue-sharing obligations realized under the
  standards established as required by Section 102.256.
         SECTION 3.  Section 102.109, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(9), an oversight
  committee member, program integration committee member, or
  institute employee may represent the interests of this state by
  serving in an unpaid position on the board of directors of a grant
  recipient only after the institute has awarded the grant to the
  grant recipient.
         SECTION 4.  Section 102.203(e), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  Not more than 10 percent of the money appropriated by
  the legislature for grants in a state fiscal year [awarded under
  this subchapter] may be used for cancer prevention and control
  programs during that [any] year.
         SECTION 5.  Section 102.251, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  The institute may not award a grant to an applicant who
  has on the applicant's board of directors an oversight committee
  member, program integration committee member, or institute
  employee.
         SECTION 6.  Section 102.256, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The oversight committee may transfer its management and
  disposition authority over the state's interest in royalties,
  income, and other benefits realized as a result of projects
  undertaken with money awarded under Subchapter E to the Texas
  Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company. If the oversight committee
  transfers management and disposition authority under this
  subsection, the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company has any
  power necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
         SECTION 7.  Section 102.101(f), Health and Safety Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.