Sec. 45.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "applied research" means the process of assembling knowledge gained by careful and diligent search and studious inquiry and examination and using that knowledge to solve practical, real-world problems.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1210, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 225, Sec. 3, eff. May 18, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 3.03, eff. September 1, 2009.
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