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AN ACT
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relating to the awarding of grants provided by the Cancer |
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Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 102.256, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The oversight committee shall establish standards that |
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require all grant awards to be subject to an intellectual property |
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agreement that allows the state to collect royalties, income, and |
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other benefits, including interest or proceeds resulting from |
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securities and equity ownership, realized as a result of projects |
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undertaken with money awarded under Subchapter E. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.262, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.262. PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The following |
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information is public information and may be disclosed under |
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Chapter 552, Government Code: |
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(1) the applicant's name and address; |
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(2) the amount of funding applied for; |
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(3) the type of cancer to be addressed under the |
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proposal; and |
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(4) any other information designated by the institute |
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with the consent of the grant applicant. |
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(b) In order to protect the actual or potential value of |
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information submitted to the institute by an applicant for or |
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recipient of an institute grant, the following information |
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submitted by such applicant or recipient is confidential and is not |
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subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, or any |
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other law: |
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(1) all information, except as provided in Subsection |
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(a), that is contained in a grant award contract between the |
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institute and a grant recipient, relating to a product, device, or |
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process, the application or use of such a product, device, or |
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process, and all technological and scientific information, |
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including computer programs, developed in whole or in part by an |
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applicant for or recipient of an institute grant, regardless of |
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whether patentable or capable of being registered under copyright |
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or trademark laws, that has a potential for being sold, traded, or |
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licensed for a fee; and |
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(2) the plans, specifications, blueprints, and |
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designs, including related proprietary information, of a |
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scientific research and development facility. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1421 passed the Senate on |
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April 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1421 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |