92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0929
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House Sponsors:
HOFFMAN.

Short description: 
PROTECT ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Academic  Presentation  Protection  Act.   Prohibits,      
   except  as  authorized by policies developed by public institutions of      
   higher education, a business, agency, or person, including an enrolled      
   student, from preparing, causing  to  be  prepared,  giving,  selling,      
   transferring,   or   otherwise  distributing  or  publishing  for  any      
   commercial  purpose  any  contemporaneous  recording  of  an  academic      
   presentation by an  instructor  at  a  public  institution  of  higher      
   education.  Provides that a circuit court may grant any relief that it      
   finds  necessary  to  enforce  this  Act, including the issuance of an      
   injunction.  Provides that a person injured by  a  violation  of  this      
   Act,   in  addition  to  actual  damages,  may  recover  court  costs,      
   attorney's fees, and a civil penalty  from  a  person  other  than  an      
   enrolled  student.   Requires  each institution to develop policies to      
   prohibit the unauthorized recording, dissemination, and publication of      
   academic presentations for commercial  purposes  and  to  adopt  rules      
   governing a violation of this Act by students.                              
          FISCAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                          
          HB 929 would have a minimal fiscal impact on the judicial            
          branch.                                                              
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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