Gov. Code, § 13989.4 · Chapter 2.5. State-Funded Research
Gov. Code, § 13989.4
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The state is home to many of the world’s top research universities, national laboratories, and leading-edge high-technology companies that generate significant intellectual property.
(b) It is in the interest of the state to ensure that the results of scientific research funded by a state agency are promptly developed and protected and to ensure free public Internet access to the results, where appropriate.
(c) The expansion of innovation with the investment of taxpayer dollars in the form of publicly funded grants could generate public benefit, including, but not limited to, reinvestment in research, development of new innovations, and jobs created from these types of research.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 296, Sec. 2. (AB 2192) Effective January 1, 2019.
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