Sec. 141.003. FUNDING. (a) The research enhancement program is funded by legislative appropriations. A public senior college or university may receive gifts, grants, and donations to augment legislative appropriations.
(b) The legislature shall appropriate money for the enhancement program to each public senior college or university using a formula developed by the coordinating board that is based on the number of full-time faculty members, or the equivalent, at each public senior college or university, as determined by the coordinating board.
(c) Supplies, materials, services, and equipment purchased with these funds shall not be subject to the purchasing authority of the comptroller.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 3.08, eff. June 20, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.87, eff. September 1, 2007.
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