Bill Text: CA SB1274 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: University of California: Innovation Acceleration Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SB1274 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1274-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1274	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act relating to the University of California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1274, as introduced, Wolk. University of California: Innovation
Acceleration Fund.
   Existing law establishes the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one
of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation to create an Innovation Acceleration Fund at the
University of California to apply existing research efforts to
solving California's most pressing public policy issues and to
establish a robust innovation infrastructure at its campuses to
accelerate local economic development and job creation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to create an Innovation Acceleration Fund at the
University of California to apply existing research efforts to
solving California's most pressing public policy issues and to
establish a robust innovation infrastructure at its campuses to
accelerate local economic development and job creation.