By: Middleton, et al. S.B. No. 1067     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education and   employees of public institutions of higher education and their   spouses from soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, donations, or   investments from certain foreign entities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.984 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.984.  PROHIBITION ON SOLICITING OR ACCEPTING GIFTS,   GRANTS, DONATIONS, OR INVESTMENTS FROM CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.   (a) In this section:                (1)  "Designated country" means:                      (A)  a country identified by the United States   director of national intelligence as a country that poses a risk to   the national security of the United States in at least one of the   three most recent Annual Threat Assessments of the U.S.   Intelligence Community issued pursuant to Section 108B, National   Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. Section 3043b); and                      (B)  a country designated by the governor after   consultation with the director of the Department of Public Safety.                (2)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning   assigned by Section 61.003.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, an institution of higher   education or an employee or spouse of an employee of an institution   of higher education in the employee's or spouse's official or   private capacity may not solicit or accept a gift, grant, donation,   or investment from:                (1)  a governmental entity of a designated country;                (2)  a political party of a designated country,   including private money from any party member; or                (3)  a company:                      (A)  that is headquartered in a designated   country; and                      (B)  in which a governmental entity of a   designated country holds an ownership interest.          (c)  An institution of higher education shall include in any   employment contract entered into between the institution and an   employee a prohibition against the conduct described by Subsection   (b) by the employee or spouse of the employee.          (d)  An institution of higher education or an employee or   spouse of an employee of an institution of higher education shall   return any money or other thing of value received in violation of   this section during the preceding state fiscal biennium to the   entity or entities that provided the money or other thing of value   to the institution, employee, or spouse of the employee.          (e)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt   rules as necessary to implement this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.984(c), Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a contract entered into or renewed on or   after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or   renewed before that date is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.