Bill Title: Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the University may form one or more limited liability companies to own any current or future intellectual property attributable to the University pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Act. Requires the State to maintain a 51% ownership interest in any limited liability company formed. Allows the intellectual property to be held as a tenancy-in-common with all entities that hold an ownership interest in a company. Requires the payment of distributions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3568 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Chapin Rose [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Hoffman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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