2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 164 STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- REGIONAL EDUCATION -- ARCHAEOLOGY 164.6023 Authority of the science and technology organization to review applications, qualify companies, and certify qualified companies.
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164.6023 Authority of the science and technology organization to review
applications, qualify companies, and certify qualified companies.
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The science and technology organization shall have the authority to review
applications, qualify companies, and certify qualified companies under the
Kentucky Enterprise Fund Program.
The science and technology organization shall develop application criteria and an
application process subject to the following limitations. The proposed project shall
be likely to:
(a) Produce a measurable result and be technically sound;
(b) Lead to innovative technology or new knowledge;
(c) Lead to commercially successful products, processes, or services within a
reasonable period of time; or
(d) Show significant potential for stimulating economic growth and a reasonable
probability to enhance employment opportunities within the Commonwealth.
The applicant shall provide to the science and technology organization an
application that shall include but not be limited to the following information:
(a) Verification that the applicant is an eligible company that meets the definition
of a Kentucky-based company and medium-size company or small company;
(b) A technology description and plan that is sufficient for outside expert review;
(c) A detailed financial analysis that includes the commitment of resources by the
applicant and others;
(d) Sufficient detail concerning proposed project partners, type and amount of
work to be performed by each partner, and expected product or service with
estimated costs to be reflected in the negotiated contract or agreement; and
(e) A statement of the economic development potential of the project.
The science and technology organization shall conduct an independent review with
the use of outside experts to evaluate each application. Following the application
review, the science and technology organization shall make a determination of the
application and may determine that the applicant is a qualified company as defined
in KRS 164.6011.
Upon a qualified company's presentation of a legal agreement or contract meeting
the conditions under subsection (6) of this section, the science and technology
organization shall present the qualified company, the project partner, if any, and the
college or university in the Commonwealth, if any, with a certification authorizing
funding.
Prior to receiving certification authorizing funding from the science and technology
organization, the qualified company shall:
(a) Negotiate an agreement and funding contract with a college or university in
the Commonwealth and with a project partner, if any, that is satisfactory to the
science and technology organization, to undertake the commercialization
work; and
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Provide assurance to the science and technology organization that the college
or university and the qualified company have negotiated the ownership and
disposition of patents, royalties, all other intellectual property rights, and
equity or related position relating to the contract between the qualifying
company and the college or university;
unless the requirement to partner with a college or university is waived under KRS
164.6021(4).
Prior to certifying a qualified company, the science and technology organization
may negotiate with the qualified company the ownership and disposition of patents,
royalties, all other intellectual property rights, and an equity or related position on
behalf of the Kentucky Enterprise Fund for the sole purpose of reinvesting and
sustaining a revolving fund to carry out the provisions of KRS 164.6021 and
164.6023.
The science and technology organization, upon approval by the council, shall set
forth guidelines as to when and how all areas of the state will be notified about the
program's availability and a program schedule, including but not limited to the
following:
(a) A review cycle including:
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A deadline for submission of applications at least biannually; and
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A deadline for reviewing applications of no more than one hundred
twenty (120) days after the application submission deadline; and
(b) A deadline, from the date an applicant is determined to be a qualified
company, by which certification shall be made. If certification is not made by
that deadline the funding voucher award is made void.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 39, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 522, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2008). A manifest clerical or
typographical error in 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 4 (this statute), amending this
statute has been corrected in codification pursuant to KRS 7.136. The waiver referred
to at the end of subsection (6) of that Acts chapter and section appears in subsection
(4) of Section 3 of that Act, not as incorrectly cited as "subsection (4) [of] Section 4
of this Act."
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