Tex. Water Code § 5.1192
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 5.1192, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 5.1192. COORDINATION OF RESEARCH.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall facilitate and coordinate environmental research in the state according to the research model developed under Section 5.1191.
(b) The commission shall explore private and federal funding opportunities for research needs identified in the research model. The commission may conduct, direct, and facilitate research to implement the commission's research model by administering grants or by contracting for research if money is appropriated to the commission for those purposes.
(c) To the degree practicable, the commission, through the research model, shall coordinate with or make use of any research activities conducted under existing state initiatives, including research by state universities, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Texas Department of Agriculture, and other state and federal agencies as appropriate.
(d) This section does not authorize the commission to initiate or direct the research efforts of another entity except under the terms of a grant or contract.
(b) The commission shall explore private and federal funding opportunities for research needs identified in the research model. The commission may conduct, direct, and facilitate research to implement the commission's research model by administering grants or by contracting for research if money is appropriated to the commission for those purposes.
(c) To the degree practicable, the commission, through the research model, shall coordinate with or make use of any research activities conducted under existing state initiatives, including research by state universities, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Texas Department of Agriculture, and other state and federal agencies as appropriate.
(d) This section does not authorize the commission to initiate or direct the research efforts of another entity except under the terms of a grant or contract.
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