Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority; created, responsible for research, etc. (HB2201)
Introduced By
Del. Margi Vanderhye (D-McLean) with support from 8 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Progress
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Description
Oversight of research and development in the Commonwealth. Merges the Innovative Technology Authority (ITA), and the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission into a single entity, named the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority (IEIA). The IEIA will have 10 members as follows: three presidents of state institutions of higher education, the Secretary of Technology, and six nonlegislative citizen members representing the entrepreneurial, investment, and science and technology communities. The IEIA will continue the work of the ITA, with heightened responsibilities regarding the oversight of research and development efforts in the Commonwealth. View Full Text »

