Bill Text: NJ S3212 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits public institution of higher education from entering into certain partnerships with institutions of higher education located in Palestinian territories.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S3212 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3212-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits public institution of higher education from entering into certain partnerships with institutions of higher education located in Palestinian territories.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning partnerships of public institutions of higher education with certain foreign entities and supplementing chapter 62 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. A public institution of higher education shall be prohibited from:
(1) entering into a contract, partnership, joint venture, memorandum of understanding, collaborative arrangement, or association of any kind with an institution of higher education located in Palestinian-controlled West Bank or Gaza territories; or
(2) engaging in the transfer, license, or sublicense of intellectual property owned by the institution with an institution of higher education located in Palestinian-controlled West Bank or Gaza territories.
b. An institution of higher education determined by the Secretary of Higher Education to not be in compliance with the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall become ineligible for any State support for the operational and capital costs of the institution.
c. As used in this section, "intellectual property" means all original data, findings, or other products of the mind or intellect commonly associated with claims, interests, and rights that are protected under trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright, or unfair competition law.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits a public institution of higher education from:
· entering into a contract, partnership, joint venture, memorandum of understanding, collaborative arrangement, or association of any kind with an institution of higher education located in Palestinian-controlled West Bank or Gaza territories; or
· engaging in the transfer, license, or sublicense of intellectual property owned by the institution with an institution of higher education located in Palestinian-controlled West Bank or Gaza territories.
Under the bill, any institution of higher education determined by the Secretary of Higher Education to not be in compliance with the bill's provisions is to become ineligible for any State support for the operational and capital costs of the institution.
