General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 586
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2311
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 586
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2311
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE PROCUREMENT AND INVESTMENT AND THE DISCLOSURE OF THE USE OF CONFLICT MINERALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit (1) state agencies from procuring supplies or personal services from companies that fail to disclose whether they use conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and (2) the Treasurer from investing state funds in companies that fail to make such disclosure.
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.