(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall coordinate the efforts of all state-supported institutions that participate in energy research activities in the development of the Arkansas Energy Summary and Report.
(b) The Department of Higher Education, in collaboration with state-supported institutions of higher education that participate in energy research activities, shall appoint at least one (1) member of the research faculty at each state-supported institution of higher education that participates in energy research activities to serve on the Institutional Energy Research Committee.
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(1) The purpose of the Institutional Energy Research Committee is to coordinate ongoing energy research efforts taking place at each state-supported institution of higher education and create the Arkansas Energy Summary and Report.
(2) The Institutional Energy Research Committee shall modify the Arkansas Energy Summary and Report as necessary to ensure it is updated with the latest energy research available.