Faculty/Staff Reporting of Expert Witnesses

 

Texas Education Code §61.0815 requires that higher education institutions collect data and report to the *Coordinating Board on certain faculty and professional staff who serve as consulting or testifying expert witnesses in lawsuits where the state is a party.

* Coordinating Board rules found at 19 Texas Administrative Code § 5.12
 

Name:

1.  Number of hours spent serving as consulting or testifying expert witnesses during the prior fiscal year:

2.  Names of the parties, cause number and county where the cause is filed:

3.  The outcome of the case, including the amount of:

(a) any judgment entered against the state;

(b) any prejudgment or post judgment interest awarded against the state; and

(c) any attorney's fees of another party ordered to be paid by the state.

Please sign below:
 

Faculty/Staff                                                                                                             Date:

Supervisor:                                                                                                               Date:

Provost:                                                                                                                     Date: