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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 C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0666 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0666. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON COLLECTING PUBLISHED |
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RESEARCH. (a) This section applies only to a researcher whose |
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research 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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(b) The board, in consultation with institutions of higher |
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education, publishing companies, and any other interested persons |
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the board considers appropriate, shall study the feasibility of |
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requiring each researcher to submit to a state agency an electronic |
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copy of each original research paper by the researcher that is |
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accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The study |
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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; |
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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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(4) federal law requirements on the publication of a |
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research paper by a researcher whose research is funded with |
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federal money; |
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(5) the extent to which submission of the research |
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paper to a state agency would duplicate existing private-sector |
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databases and archives of research articles; and |
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(6) the impact the submission requirement would have |
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on: |
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(A) the journal publishers' ability to recover |
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their financial investments in the review and publication of |
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research papers, including investments in the peer review process |
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critical for ensuring the quality and integrity of published |
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research; |
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(B) the publishers' ability to exercise |
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copyright protections related to the research papers; and |
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(C) the publishing industry and jobs in this |
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state. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2018, the board shall report |
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the results of the study, its findings, and any recommendations to |
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the legislature. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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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, 2017. |