HB3188sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

Filed: 5/5/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3188

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3188 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 605-1010 as follows:

(20 ILCS 605/605-1010 new)

Sec. 605-1010. Illinois Research Network.

(a) There is created the Illinois Research Network. The Illinois Research Network is intended to: provide broad and rapid access to information about intellectual property and technologies; encourage the use of existing Illinois faculty and federal research laboratory resources to address local, State, and national needs; link the Illinois academic and research laboratory communities into the technology and the economic development efforts of the executive branch of State government and other State and local agencies; enhance communication and cooperation within the Illinois academic and research laboratory communities and between these communities and statewide audiences, particularly business, government, education, and the general public; and link the Illinois academic and federal research lab communities into the Illinois small and large business market.

(b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall cause to be established an easily accessible online database for the purpose of compiling intellectual property and technologies available at academic institutions across the State. The Department may make grants to Illinois universities to create, develop, and implement the database.".