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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Texas Education Code, <a
href="http://www.tamus.edu/offices/legal/help/ethics/expert_witness.html#Texas_Education_Code#Texas_Education_Code"><span
style='color:black'>Section 61.0815</span></a> requires institutions of
higher education to report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
activities for which faculty and staff serve as consultants or testifiy as
expert witnesses in lawsuits for which the State of Texas was a party. </span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Activities
reported should be for services performed </span><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>during the latest fiscal
year (September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009).</span><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To meet the
A&M System deadline, please submit reporting forms to the Provost
Office by the deadline of September 15<sup>th</sup>. Please submit your
reporting form(s) via email to <a href="mailto:Cynthia_Rhodes@tamu-commerce.edu"><span
style='color:black'>Cynthia_Rhodes@tamu-commerce.edu</span></a> no later than <b>5:00
p.m. Tuesday, September 15, 2009</b>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For a copy of the
reporting form and additional information regarding expert witness activity,
please visit the following website: <a
href="http://www.tamus.edu/offices/legal/ethics%20help.htm"><span
style='color:black'>http://www.tamus.edu/offices/legal/ethics%20help.htm</span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you have any
questions, please contact the Provost Office at (903) 886-5514. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank
you for your assistance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Larry
Lemanski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Provost
and Vice President for <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Academic
& Student Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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