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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 15NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
SUBCHAPTER AGENERAL PROVISIONS
RULE §15.10Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP)
ISSUE 10/30/2015
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a) - (b)(No change.)

(c) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  (1) - (2)(No change.)

  (3)Eligible Funds--Gifts or endowments certified on or after September 1, 2009, to an eligible public institution from private sources in a state fiscal year for the purpose of enhancing research activities at the institution, including a gift or endowment for endowed chairs, professorships, research facilities, research equipment, program costs, [or] graduate research stipends or fellowships, or undergraduate research. These include [ Including] gifts that are bundled from a private source. All gifts, cash and non-cash, must have been originally donated for research purposes.

  (4) - (5)(No change.)

  (6)Ineligible Funds--A gift for undergraduate scholarships or undergraduate financial aid grants, bundled gifts, or any portion in excess of $10 million of gifts or endowments received from a single source in a state fiscal year or gifts that are bundled by a [an] university [universities]-associated entity.

  (7) - (8)(No change.)

  (9)University-Affiliated Entity--An entity whose sole purpose is to support the mission or programs of the university.

(d) - (h)(No change.)

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 19, 2015

TRD-201504442

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Earliest possible date of adoption: November 29, 2015

For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114



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