General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1080 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4145 *04145_______CE_* Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: (CE) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1080 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4145 *04145_______CE_* Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: (CE) AN ACT CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND THE TENURE REVIEW PROCESS IN THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (1) The University of Connecticut, (2) the Connecticut State University System, and (3) the regional community-technical college system shall expand their respective tenure review processes to include the consideration of a faculty member's technology and research commercialization activities. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section Statement of Purpose: To require the state's higher education institutions to recognize the commercialization activities of faculty members during the tenure review process. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]