(110 ILCS 100/0.01)

(from Ch. 144, par. 215.9)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

University Faculty Research and Consulting Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)

(110 ILCS 100/1)

(from Ch. 144, par. 216)

Sec. 1.

No full time member of the faculty of any State‑supported institution of higher learning may undertake, contract for or accept anything of value in return for research or consulting services for any person other than that institution on whose faculty he serves unless (a) he has the prior written approval of the President of that institution, or a designee of such President, to perform the outside research or consulting services, such request to contain an estimate of the amount of time which will be involved, and (b) he submits to the President of that institution or such designee, annually, a statement of the amount of actual time he has spent on such outside research or consulting services.

(Source: P. A. 76‑1343.)

(110 ILCS 100/2)

(from Ch. 144, par. 217)

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this Act,

(a) "State‑supported institution of higher learning" includes the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and all public community colleges; and

(b) "Contract" includes any grant made by any person (individual or corporate), partnership, foundation or association, other than federal, State or local governments, for the performance of research or consulting services by a member of the faculty of a State‑supported institution of higher learning. The term does not include a scholarship or grant for study or research required for a graduate degree or the improvement of existing skills without any services to be rendered for the grantor or donor of such a scholarship or grant.

(Source: P.A. 89‑4, eff. 1‑1‑96.)

(110 ILCS 100/3)

(from Ch. 144, par. 218)

Sec. 3.

This Act is intended to operate prospectively only, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as invalidating or otherwise affecting contracts or grants entered into or made before the effective date of this Act.

(Source: P. A. 76‑1343.)