Tex. Educ. Code § 62.167 · Subchapter H. GOVERNOR'S UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION CONCERNING AWARDS FROM TEXAS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), information collected under former provisions of Chapter 490, Government Code, concerning the identity, background, finance, marketing plans, trade secrets, or other commercially or academically sensitive information of an individual or entity that was considered for or received an award from the Texas emerging technology fund is confidential unless the individual or entity consents to disclosure of the information.
(b) The following information collected in connection with the Texas emerging technology fund is public information and may be disclosed under Chapter 552, Government Code:
(1) the name and address of an individual or entity that received an award from that fund;
(2) the amount of funding received by an award recipient;
(3) a brief description of the project funded under former provisions of Chapter 490, Government Code;
(4) if applicable, a brief description of the equity position that the governor, on behalf of the state, has taken in an entity that received an award from that fund; and
(5) any other information with the consent of:
(A) the governor;
(B) the lieutenant governor;
(C) the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(D) the individual or entity that received an award from that fund, if the information relates to that individual or entity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 323 (S.B. 632), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 26), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2015.
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