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2012 SESSION
12104162DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-2220.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2220.1. Research and Technology Investment Advisory Committee.
A. The Authority shall be advised by the Research and
Technology Investment Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee). The Advisory
Committee shall be administered by the [ president and staff of
the Center for Innovative Technology Authority ] and consist of
10 members as follows: the four vice-provosts of research at major state
institutions of higher education from the state institutions of higher
education not represented on the Authority, the president and chief executive
officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and five citizen
members appointed by the Authority. The citizen members shall be appointed as follows:
two citizens shall be representatives of venture capital firms or other capital
market participants with experience in financing emerging technology
businesses, one citizen shall be a representative of an engineering firm with
experience in the development of facilities for emerging technology companies,
one citizen shall represent an independent or federal research facility in the
Commonwealth, and one citizen shall represent a technology company with
significant operations in the Commonwealth. A vice-provost of a state
institution shall serve until the president of the institution that he
represents is appointed to serve on the Authority, at which time the
vice-provost of the state institution no longer represented on the Authority
shall become a member of the Advisory Committee. Citizen members shall be
appointed for terms of four years. A citizen member may be appointed for
successive terms.
B. The Advisory Committee shall assist the Authority in reviewing applications for awards from the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund pursuant to § 2.2-2233.1 and make recommendations to the Authority concerning the awards. In reviewing the applications, the Advisory Committee shall only recommend for award those applications that, based upon the Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap and in the opinion of the Advisory Committee, (i) are based upon sound scientific principles and present an opportunity for valid research, (ii) relate to a key industry sector identified in the Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap as an area of focus for technology investment in the Commonwealth, and (iii) present a significant potential for commercialization in the Commonwealth. In the case of an application for an award from the eminent researcher recruitment program pursuant to subdivision D 6 of § 2.2-2233.1, the Advisory Committee shall only consider researchers who conduct viable research with significant potential for commercialization in an area related to a key industry sector identified in the Strategic Roadmap as an area of focus for technology investment in the Commonwealth.