1. (a) The oversight committee shall:

   1. (1) hire a chief executive officer;
   2. (2) annually set priorities for each grant program established under this chapter; and
   3. (3) consider the priorities set under Subdivision (2) in awarding grants under this chapter.

2. (b) The oversight committee shall adopt a code of conduct applicable to each oversight committee member, program integration committee member, peer review committee member, and institute employee that includes provisions prohibiting the member, employee, or member's or employee's spouse from:

   1. (1) accepting or soliciting any gift, favor, or service that could reasonably influence the member or employee in the discharge of official duties or that the member, employee, or spouse knows or should know is being offered with the intent to influence the member's or employee's official conduct;
   2. (2) accepting employment or engaging in any business or professional activity that would reasonably require or induce the member or employee to disclose confidential information acquired in the member's or employee's official position;
   3. (3) accepting other employment or compensation that could reasonably impair the member's or employee's independent judgment in the performance of official duties;
   4. (4) holding a personal investment or financial interest that could reasonably create a substantial conflict between the private interests and official duties of the member or employee;
   5. (5) intentionally or knowingly soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept any benefit for exercising the member's official powers or performing the member's or employee's official duties in favor of another;
   6. (6) directly or indirectly leasing to an entity that receives a grant from the institute any property, capital equipment, employee, or service;
   7. (7) submitting a grant application for funding by the institute;
   8. (8) serving on the board of directors of an organization established with a grant from the institute; or
   9. (9) serving on the board of directors of a grant recipient.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1, eff. December 1, 2025, subject to resolution of an election contest under Chapter 233, Election Code, relating to Article III, Section 68, Texas Constitution.