Sec. 62.168. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. (a) Before the beginning of each regular session of the legislature the governor shall submit to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing committees of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over economic development and higher education matters and post on the office of the governor's Internet website a report on matching grants made to eligible institutions from the fund that states: (1) the total amount of matching funds granted by the office; (2) the total amount of matching funds granted to each recipient institution; (3) a brief description of each distinguished researcher recruited by each recipient institution, including any amount of external research funding that followed the distinguished researcher to the institution; (4) a brief description of the expenditures made from the matching grant funds for each distinguished researcher; and (5) when available, a brief description of each distinguished researcher's contribution to the state's economic competitiveness, including: (A) any patents issued to the distinguished researcher after accepting employment by the recipient institution; and (B) any external research funding, public or private, obtained by the distinguished researcher after accepting employment by the recipient institution. (a-1) The report may not include information that is made confidential by law. (b) The governor may require an eligible institution that receives a matching grant under this subchapter to submit, on a form the governor provides, information required to complete the report.
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