EXPERT WITNESS reporting form
EXPERT WITNESS REPORTING FORM - NO PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED
Reporting Period September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009
State law requires public colleges and universities to gather and report data to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding certain employees who provide services as consulting or testifying expert witnesses in lawsuits in which the State of Texas is a party. The report to the Coordinating Board will provide aggregate information only, and will not identify individual faculty or staff employees who are required to report expert witness services.
The requirement to provide the information requested below is not intended to and should not be interpreted as prohibiting faculty or staff employees from exercising any federal or state constitutional rights.
THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED BY ANY FACULTY OR STAFF EMPLOYEE WHO MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
· Full-time, non-classified employee who is a member of the faculty or staff (employees holding a non-classified title as set out in the institution's pay plan);
· Employee whose duties include teaching, research, administration or performing professional services, including professional library services; and
· Employee receives compensation for service as a consulting or testifying expert witness in a lawsuit or lawsuits in which the State of Texas was a party during the preceding state fiscal year (September 1 – August 31).
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