Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION |
Subtitle F. OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES |
Chapter 111. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON |
Subchapter I. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON HURRICANE CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY |
Sec. 111.123. PURPOSE
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The center is created to:
(1) promote interdisciplinary research, education, and training for the development of state-of-the-art products, materials, systems, and technologies designed to mitigate the wind, and asserted structural damages in the built environment and offshore structures caused by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast region; and
(2) develop protocols for the fast and efficient recovery of the public and private sectors, including utilities, hospitals, petrochemical industries, offshore platforms, and municipalities and other local communities following a hurricane.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 , Sec. 6.13a, eff. September 1, 2009.