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1 STATE OF ILLINOIS
2 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 SENATE
4 Senate Resolution No. 296
5 Offered by Senators Dillard and Weaver;
6 and Senator Philip, President of the Senate
7 WHEREAS, The State would benefit substantially from
8 enhanced technological and economic development; and
9 WHEREAS, The development of technology-intensive
10 industrial sectors of the Illinois economy offers the best
11 opportunity for long-term economic vitality, for the
12 expansion of jobs, for improved productivity and a quality
13 standard of living, and for providing the greatest number of
14 our citizens' genuine opportunity; and
15 WHEREAS, A significant function of government and state
16 universities is to increase opportunities for gainful
17 employment, to assist in promoting a productive technological
18 economy, to encourage the flow of private capital for
19 investment in technological-intensive enterprises, and to
20 otherwise improve the prosperity, health, and general welfare
21 of the inhabitants of the State; and
22 WHEREAS, The General Assembly recognizes the growing
23 importance of the unique contributions to the State's
24 economic development made by the State research-based
25 universities of Illinois as a distinct part of their
26 traditional responsibilities for instruction, research and
27 public service; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
29 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the State
30 research-based universities of Illinois be encouraged to
31 expand their role in statewide economic development; and be
32 it further
33 RESOLVED, That the State research-based universities of
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1 Illinois make good-faith efforts to work with the appropriate
2 State and private agencies, local community leaders, and
3 others interested in economic development initiatives; and be
4 it further
5 RESOLVED, That the State research-based universities of
6 Illinois be encouraged to use their facilities, equipment,
7 research scientists' and staff's time and services, and other
8 resources for the development and commercialization of new
9 technological and scientific innovations, and that such uses
10 be deemed to be in the public interest and not in conflict
11 with other uses or purposes that derive from their
12 traditional responsibilities for instruction, research and
13 public service; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That the State research-based universities of
15 Illinois seek to work with other State public and private
16 institutions for expanding technology transfer efforts
17 throughout the State of Illinois.
18 Adopted by the Senate, March 23, 2000.
19 _______________________
20 President of the Senate
21 _______________________
22 Secretary of the Senate
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