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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to entities that boycott Israel; 2
amending s. 215.4725, F.S.; defining terms; revising 3
definitions; requiring the public fund to make its 4
best efforts to identify certain institutions, 5
organizations, agencies, governments, and other 6
entities in which the public fund has direct or 7
indirect holdings; requiring the public fund to 8
compile and make available the Scrutinized Companies 9
or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List; requiring 10
the public fund to quarterly update and make publicly 11
available such list; revising the procedures the 12
public fund must follow for assembling companies or 13
other entities on such list; requiring the public fund 14
to file a certain report with each member of the Board 15
of Trustees of the State Board of Administration and 16
with the Legislature which includes such list; 17
requiring the public fund to file a certain report 18
with a summary of correspondence between other 19
entities and the public fund; requiring that specified 20
actions be adopted and incorporated into a certain 21
statement; amending s. 265.286, F.S.; requiring 22
applicants to sign a certification form attesting that 23
they are complying with specified antidiscrimination 24
laws and will not engage in antisemitic discrimination 25
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or antisemitic speech in conjunction with the pro gram 26
or project for which their grant is awarded ; 27
disqualifying for a specified timeframe grant 28
applicants that engage in boycotts, antisemitic 29
discrimination, or antisemitic speech; requiring 30
recipients found to have engaged in boycotts or 31
antisemitic discrimination in violation of their 32
certification to pay a specified penalty; authorizing 33
individuals to file a written complaint to the 34
Attorney General for not pursuing a cause of action 35
within a specified timeframe; requiring the Attorney 36
General to provide a written response within a 37
specified timeframe; amending s. 287.135, F.S.; 38
revising the definition of the term "awarding body"; 39
revising the contract values that prohibit a company 40
or other entity from being eligible to bid on, submit 41
a proposal for, or enter into or renew a contract with 42
an agency or local governmental entity; requiring 43
agencies and local governmental entities that enter 44
into or renew a contract to include a specific 45
termination provision; authorizing agencies and local 46
governmental entities to bid on, submit a proposal 47
for, or enter into or renew a contract for goods and 48
services with other entities that boycott Israel under 49
specified circumstances; requiring other entities to 50
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submit a certain certification at the same time as 51
they submit a bid or proposal or enter into or renew a 52
contract with an agency or local governmental entity; 53
authorizing civil actions against companies and other 54
entities under specified conditions; providing an 55
effective date. 56
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Be It Enacted by the Legislatu re of the State of Florida: 58
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Section 1. Section 215.4725, Florida Statutes, is amended 60
to read: 61
215.4725 Prohibited investments by the State Board of 62
Administration; companies that boycott Israel. — 63
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term : 64
(a) "Agency" means any of the various state officers, 65
departments, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, and 66
councils and any other unit of organization, however designated, 67
of the executive branch of state government. 68
(b) "Boycott Israel" or "boy cott of Israel" means refusing 69
to deal, terminating business activities, or taking other 70
actions to limit commercial relations with Israel, or persons or 71
entities doing business in Israel or in Israeli -controlled 72
territories, in a discriminatory manner. A statement by a 73
company, an educational institution, a nonprofit organization, 74
an agency, a local governmental entity or unit thereof, or a 75
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foreign government that it is participating in a boycott of 76
Israel, or that it has initiated a boycott in response to a 77
request for a boycott of Israel or in compliance with, or in 78
furtherance of, calls for a boycott of Israel, may be considered 79
by the State Board of Administration to be evidence that a 80
company or other entity is participating in a boycott of Israel. 81
The term includes taking adverse action, including changes to 82
published commercial financial ratings, risk ratings, and 83
controversy ratings based on nonpecuniary factors, to inflict 84
economic harm on Israel or persons or entities doing business in 85
Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories. The term includes 86
trade practices that are prohibited by federal regulations 87
issued in compliance with 50 U.S.C. s. 4842 and does not include 88
trade practices that are preempted by federal law. The term also 89
includes an academic boycott of Israel in which an educational 90
institution enacts or implements restrictive policies, or 91
otherwise participates in activities having the object or effect 92
of restricting ongoing or potential academic relationships, on 93
the basis of ties to th e State of Israel or its academic, 94
educational, or research institutions; or by holding 95
researchers, students, prospective students, guest lecturers, 96
and artists-in-residence, or institutions collectively liable 97
for any alleged objectionable conduct by the State of Israel. An 98
educational institution is deemed to have engaged in an academic 99
boycott of Israel if any of its departments, centers, or other 100
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organs engages in a boycott or, in the case of a foreign 101
educational institution, if any faculty union reco gnized by that 102
institution engages in a boycott. 103
(c)(b) "Company" means a sole proprietorship, 104
organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint 105
venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, 106
limited liability company, or other ent ity or business 107
association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority -108
owned subsidiaries, and parent companies, or affiliates having 109
more than 10 full-time employees. The term does not include a 110
natural person or a sole proprietorship that exists for the 111
purpose of making profit . 112
(d)(c) "Direct holdings" in a company means all securities 113
of that company that are held directly by the public fund or in 114
an account or fund in which the public fund owns all shares or 115
interests. 116
(e)(d) "Indirect holdings" in a company means all 117
securities of that company that are held in a commingled fund or 118
other collective investment, such as a mutual or index fund, in 119
which the public fund owns shares or interests, together with 120
other investors not subject to this section or which are held in 121
an index fund. 122
(f) "Local governmental entity" means a county, 123
municipality, special district, or other political subdivision. 124
(g) "Other entity" means an educational institution, a 125
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nonprofit organization, an agency, a loca l governmental entity 126
or unit thereof, or a foreign government, including any of its 127
public investment funds, public pension funds, sovereign wealth 128
funds, or other government -sponsored investment funds. 129
(h)(e) "Public fund" means all funds, assets, trustees 130
trustee, and other designates under the State Board of 131
Administration pursuant to part I of chapter 121. 132
(i)(f) "Scrutinized companies or other entities" means 133
companies or other entities that boycott Israel or engage in a 134
boycott of Israel. 135
(2) IDENTIFICATION OF COMPANIES OR OTHER ENTITIES.— 136
(a) The public fund shall make its best efforts to 137
identify all scrutinized companies or other entities in which 138
the public fund has direct or indirect holdings or could 139
possibly have such holdings in the future. Such efforts include: 140
1. To the extent that the public fund finds it 141
appropriate, reviewing and relying on publicly available 142
information regarding companies or other entities that boycott 143
Israel, including information provided by nonprofit 144
organizations, research firms, international organizations, and 145
government entities; 146
2. Contacting asset managers contracted by the public fund 147
for information regarding companies or other entities that 148
boycott Israel; or 149
3. Contacting other institution al investors that prohibit 150
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such investments or that have engaged with companies or other 151
entities that boycott Israel. 152
(b) By the first meeting of the public fund following the 153
identification of scrutinized companies in accordance with 154
paragraph (a), the public fund shall compile and make available 155
the "Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel 156
List." 157
(c) The public fund shall update and make publicly 158
available quarterly the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities 159
that Boycott Israel L ist based on evolving information from, 160
among other sources, those listed in paragraph (a). 161
(3) REQUIRED ACTIONS. —The public fund shall adhere to the 162
following procedures for assembling companies or other entities 163
on the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott 164
Israel List. 165
(a) Engagement.— 166
1. The public fund shall immediately determine the 167
companies or other entities on the Scrutinized Companies or 168
Other Entities that Boycott Israel List in which the public fund 169
owns direct or indirect ho ldings or with which the state 170
currently contracts or has a grant agreement, as detailed under 171
ss. 287.135 and 265.286, respectively . 172
2. For each company or other entity newly identified under 173
this paragraph, the public fund shall send a written notice 174
informing the company or other entity of its scrutinized company 175
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status and that it may become subject to investment prohibition 176
or divestment by the public fund or may become barred from 177
future contracts or grants awarded by the state . The notice must 178
inform the company or other entity of the opportunity to clarify 179
its activities regarding the boycott of Israel and encourage the 180
company or other entity to cease the boycott of Israel within 90 181
days in order to avoid qualifying for investment prohibition or 182
divestment. 183
3. If, within 90 days after the public fund's first 184
engagement with a company or other entity pursuant to this 185
paragraph, the company or other entity ceases a boycott of 186
Israel, the company or other entity shall be removed from the 187
Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel 188
List, and the provisions of this section ceases shall cease to 189
apply to that company or other entity unless that company or 190
other entity resumes a boycott of Israel. 191
(b) Divestment.— 192
1. If, after 90 days following the public fund's first 193
engagement with a company or other entity pursuant to paragraph 194
(a), the company or other entity continues to boycott Israel, 195
the public fund must sell, redeem, divest, or withdraw all 196
publicly traded securities of the company or other entity from 197
the public fund within 12 months after the company's or other 198
entity's most recent appearance on the Scrutinized Companies or 199
Other Entities that Boycott Israel List. 200
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2. If a company or other entity that ceased a boycott of 201
Israel following engagement pursuant to paragraph (a) resumes 202
such activities, this paragraph immediately applies, and the 203
public fund must send a written notice to the company or other 204
entity. The company or other entity must also be immediately 205
reintroduced onto the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities 206
that Boycott Israel List, as applicable. 207
(c) Prohibition.—The public fund is prohibited from 208
acquiring securities of companies or other entities on the 209
Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel 210
List, except as provided in paragraph (d) and subsection (6). 211
The public fund and the endowments and retirement funds of the 212
State University System may not acquire or hold the debt of a 213
foreign government that is on the Scruti nized Companies or Other 214
Entities that Boycott Israel List, or of a foreign government 215
with a sovereign wealth fund that is on the Scrutinized 216
Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List, when the 217
foreign government has authority to actively contr ol or manage 218
the fund. 219
(d) Excluded securities. —Notwithstanding this section, 220
paragraphs (b) and (c) do not apply to: 221
1. Indirect holdings. However, the public fund shall 222
submit letters to the managers of such investment funds 223
containing companies that boycott Israel requesting that they 224
consider removing such companies from the fund or create a 225
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similar fund having indirect holdings devoid of such companies. 226
If the manager creates a similar fund, the public fund shall 227
replace all applicable investments with investments in the 228
similar fund in an expedited timeframe consistent with prudent 229
investing standards. For the purposes of this section, an 230
alternative investment, as the term is defined in s. 215.4401, 231
and securities that are not publicly traded are deemed to be 232
indirect holdings. 233
2. Exchange-traded funds. 234
(4) REPORTING.— 235
(a) The public fund shall file a report with each member 236
of the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration, 237
the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the Hous e of 238
Representatives which includes the Scrutinized Companies or 239
Other Entities that Boycott Israel List within 30 days after the 240
list is created. This report shall be made available to the 241
public. 242
(b) At each quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees 243
thereafter, the public fund shall file a report, which shall be 244
made available to the public and to each member of the Board of 245
Trustees of the State Board of Administration, the President of 246
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 247
which includes: 248
1. A summary of correspondence with companies or other 249
entities engaged by the public fund under subsection (3); 250
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2. All investments sold, redeemed, divested, or withdrawn 251
in compliance with paragraph (3)(b); 252
3. All prohibited investments under paragraph (3)(c); 253
4. Any progress made under paragraph (3)(d); and 254
5. A list of all publicly traded securities held directly 255
by the public fund. 256
(5) INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENT OBLIGATIONS. —The public 257
fund's actions taken in compliance with thi s section, including 258
all good faith determinations regarding companies or other 259
entities as required by this act, shall be adopted and 260
incorporated into the public fund's investment policy statement 261
as provided in s. 215.475. 262
(6) INVESTMENT AND REINVESTM ENT IN CERTAIN SCRUTINIZED 263
COMPANIES OR OTHER ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision 264
of this section, the public fund may invest in, cease divestment 265
from, or reinvest in certain scrutinized companies or other 266
entities if clear and convincing eviden ce shows that the value 267
of all assets under management by the public fund becomes equal 268
to or less than 99.50 percent, or 50 basis points, of the 269
hypothetical value of all assets under management by the public 270
fund, assuming no investment prohibition or di vestment for any 271
company or other entity had occurred under subsection (3). 272
Cessation of the investment prohibition or the divestment, or 273
reinvestment or any new investment, in a scrutinized company or 274
other entity is limited to the minimum steps necessary to avoid 275
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the contingency described in this subsection. For any cessation 276
of the investment prohibition or divestment, or reinvestment or 277
new investment authorized by this subsection, the public fund 278
shall provide a written report to each member of the Board of 279
Trustees of the State Board of Administration, the President of 280
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 281
advance of the cessation of investment prohibition or the 282
divestment, or reinvest ment or new investment, updated 283
semiannually thereafter as applicable, setting forth the reasons 284
and justification, supported by clear and convincing evidence, 285
for its decisions to cease the investment prohibition or 286
divestment, or to reinvest in scrutiniz ed companies or other 287
entities. 288
(7) STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPLIANCE. —The endowment and 289
retirement funds of the universities of the State University 290
System are required to comply with the divestment requirement 291
and prohibition of acquiring securities of companies or other 292
entities on the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that 293
Boycott Israel List. The endowment and retirement funds of the 294
universities of the State University System are provided the 295
same exemptions as provided in paragraph (3)(d). 296
Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) of section 297
265.286, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraphs (d) and 298
(e) are added to that subsection, to read: 299
265.286 Art and cultural grants. — 300
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(6) The division shall adopt rules establishing: 301
(c) The panel review process, including, but not limited 302
to, criteria for reviewing grant applications to ensure 303
compliance with applicable federal and state law, including 304
those related to discrimination and conflicts of interest. For 305
the purposes of satisfyi ng the nondiscrimination requirements of 306
this section, each applicant must sign a certification form 307
attesting to the fact that the applicant is complying with all 308
relevant antidiscrimination laws, including the anti -boycott 309
rules of this state pursuant to ss. 215.4725 and 287.135, and 310
will not engage in antisemitic discrimination as defined in s. 311
1.015, including refusals to deal based on an individual's or 312
entity's real or perceived connection to the State of Israel, or 313
engage in antisemitic speech as def ined by s. 1.015, in 314
conjunction with the program or project for which the grant is 315
awarded. The division may not award any new grant that will, in 316
whole or in part, inure to the personal benefit of any council 317
or review panel member during the member's te rm of office if the 318
council or panel member participated in the vote of the council 319
or panel recommending the award. This paragraph does not 320
prohibit the division from awarding a grant to an entity with 321
which a council or panel member is associated. 322
(d) A grant applicant found to be engaging in any boycott 323
action, antisemitic discrimination, or antisemitic speech in 324
conjunction with the program or project for which the grant is 325
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awarded shall be disqualified from grant eligibility until 10 326
years after any such action has ceased. A grant recipient found 327
to have engaged in a boycott of Israel or antisemitic 328
discrimination during the duration of the project or program for 329
which the grant was awarded shall be subject to a penalty 330
payable to the State Treasury o f three times the amount of the 331
grant received for which the false certification was submitted. 332
(e) If the Attorney General fails to pursue a cause of 333
action within 90 days after a violation of paragraph (c), 334
individuals have the right to file a written complaint to the 335
Attorney General, who in turn will be required to provide a 336
written response within 30 days after receipt of the complaint. 337
Section 3. Section 287.135, Florida Statutes, is amended 338
to read: 339
287.135 Prohibition against contracting wit h scrutinized 340
companies or entities.— 341
(1) In addition to the terms defined in ss. 287.012 and 342
215.473, as used in this section, the term: 343
(a) "Awarding body" means, for purposes of state 344
contracts, an agency or the department, and for purposes of 345
local contracts, the governing body of the local governmental 346
entity. 347
(b) "Boycott of Israel" has the same meaning as defined in 348
s. 215.4725. 349
(c) "Business operations" means, for purposes specifically 350
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related to Cuba or Syria, engaging in commerce in any fo rm in 351
Cuba or Syria, including, but not limited to, acquiring, 352
developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, 353
or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, 354
services, personal property, real property, military equipment, 355
or any other apparatus of business or commerce. 356
(d) "Local governmental entity" means a county, 357
municipality, special district, or other political subdivision 358
of the state. 359
(2) A company or other entity is ineligible to, and may 360
not, bid on, submit a proposal f or, or enter into or renew a 361
contract with an agency or local governmental entity for goods 362
or services of: 363
(a) One hundred thousand dollars or more Any amount if, at 364
the time of bidding on, submitting a proposal for, or entering 365
into or renewing such co ntract, the company or other entity is 366
on the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott 367
Israel List, created pursuant to s. 215.4725, or is engaged in a 368
boycott of Israel; or 369
(b) One million dollars or more if, at the time of bidding 370
on, submitting a proposal for, or entering into or renewing such 371
contract, the company or other entity: 372
1. Is on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in 373
Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Iran 374
Terrorism Sectors List, created pursuant to s. 215.473; or 375
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2. Is engaged in business operations in Cuba or Syria. 376
(3)(a) Any contract with an agency or local governmental 377
entity for goods or services of $1 million or more entered into 378
or renewed on or after: 379
1. July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, must contain a 380
provision that allows for the termination of such contract at 381
the option of the awarding body if the company is found to have 382
submitted a false certification as provided under subsection (5) 383
or been placed on the Scrutinized Compan ies with Activities in 384
Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the 385
Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List. 386
2. July 1, 2012, through September 30, 2016, must contain 387
a provision that allows for the termination of such contract at 388
the option of the awarding body if the company is found to have 389
submitted a false certification as provided under subsection 390
(5), been placed on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in 391
Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the 392
Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, or been engaged in business 393
operations in Cuba or Syria. 394
3. October 1, 2016, through June 30, 2018, must contain a 395
provision that allows for the termination of such contract at 396
the option of the awarding body if the company: 397
a. Is found to have submitted a false certification as 398
provided under subsection (5); 399
b. Has been placed on the Scrutinized Companies that 400
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Boycott Israel List, or is engaged in a boycott of Israel; 401
c. Has been placed on the Scrutinized Companies with 402
Activities in Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with 403
Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List; or 404
d. Has been engaged in business operations in Cuba or 405
Syria. 406
4. July 1, 2018, must contain a provision that allows for 407
the termination of such c ontract at the option of the awarding 408
body if the company is found to have submitted a false 409
certification as provided under subsection (5), been placed on 410
the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, or been 411
engaged in business operations in C uba or Syria. 412
5. July 1, 2018, must contain a provision that allows for 413
the termination of such contract at the option of the awarding 414
body if the company is found to have submitted a false 415
certification as provided under subsection (5) or has been 416
placed on a list created pursuant to s. 215.473, relating to 417
scrutinized active business operations in Iran. 418
(b) Any contract with an agency or local governmental 419
entity for goods or services of any amount entered into or 420
renewed on or after: 421
1. July 1, 2018, must contain a provision that allows for 422
the termination of such contract at the option of the awarding 423
body if the company is found to have been placed on the 424
Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List or is engaged in 425
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a boycott of Israel. 426
2. July 1, 2025, must contain a provision that allows for 427
the termination of such contract at the option of the awarding 428
body if the company or other entity is found to have been placed 429
on the Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott 430
Israel List or is engaged in a boycott of Israel. 431
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) or subsection (3), an 432
agency or local governmental entity, on a case -by-case basis, 433
may allow a company on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities 434
in Sudan List, the Scru tinized Companies with Activities in the 435
Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, or the Scrutinized Companies 436
with Activities in Iran Terrorism Sectors List, or a company 437
engaged in business operations in Cuba or Syria, to be eligible 438
for, bid on, submit a prop osal for, or enter into or renew a 439
contract for goods or services of $1 million or more, or may 440
allow a company or other entity on the Scrutinized Companies or 441
Other Entities that Boycott Israel List to be eligible for, bid 442
on, submit a proposal for, or en ter into or renew a contract for 443
goods or services of any amount, under the conditions set forth 444
in paragraph (a) or the conditions set forth in paragraph (b): 445
(a)1. With respect to a company on the Scrutinized 446
Companies with Activities in Sudan List, al l of the following 447
occur: 448
a. The scrutinized business operations were made before 449
July 1, 2011. 450
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b. The scrutinized business operations have not been 451
expanded or renewed after July 1, 2011. 452
c. The agency or local governmental entity determines that 453
it is in the best interest of the state or local community to 454
contract with the company. 455
d. The company has adopted, has publicized, and is 456
implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized business 457
operations and to refrain from engaging in any new scrutini zed 458
business operations. 459
2. With respect to a company engaged in business 460
operations in Cuba or Syria, all of the following occur: 461
a. The business operations were made before July 1, 2012. 462
b. The business operations have not been expanded or 463
renewed after July 1, 2012. 464
c. The agency or local governmental entity determines that 465
it is in the best interest of the state or local community to 466
contract with the company. 467
d. The company has adopted, has publicized, and is 468
implementing a formal plan to cea se business operations and to 469
refrain from engaging in any new business operations. 470
3. With respect to a company or other entity on the 471
Scrutinized Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel 472
List, all of the following occur: 473
a. The boycott of Isra el was initiated before October 1, 474
2016. 475
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b. The company or other entity certifies in writing that 476
it has ceased its boycott of Israel. 477
c. The agency or local governmental entity determines that 478
it is in the best interest of the state or local community to 479
contract with the company or other entity. 480
d. The company or other entity has adopted, has 481
publicized, and is implementing a formal plan to cease 482
scrutinized business operations and to refrain from engaging in 483
any new scrutinized business operations. 484
4. With respect to a company on the Scrutinized Companies 485
with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List as of 486
November 6, 2023, all of the following occur: 487
a. The scrutinized business operations were made before 488
July 1, 2011. 489
b. The scrutinized business operations have not been 490
expanded or renewed after July 1, 2011. 491
c. The agency or local governmental entity determines that 492
it is in the best interest of the state or local community to 493
contract with the company. 494
d. The company has adopted, has publicized, and is 495
implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized business 496
operations and to refrain from engaging in any new scrutinized 497
business operations. 498
5. With respect to a company on the Scrutinized Companies 499
with Activities in Iran Terrorism Sectors List other than those 500
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companies included on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities 501
in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List as of November 6, 2023, 502
all of the following occur: 503
a. The scrutinized business operations were made before 504
January 10, 2024. 505
b. The scrutinized business operations have not been 506
expanded or renewed on or after January 10, 2024. 507
c. The agency or local governmental entity determines that 508
it is in the best interest of the state or local community to 509
contract with the company. 510
d. The company has adopted, has publicized, and is 511
implementing a formal plan to cease those scrutinized business 512
operations and to refrain from engaging in any new scrutinized 513
business operations. 514
(b) One of the following occurs: 515
1. The local governmental entity makes a public finding 516
that, absent such an exemption, the local governmental entity 517
would be unable to obtain the goods or services for which the 518
contract is offered. 519
2. For a contract with an executive agency, the Governo r 520
makes a public finding that, absent such an exemption, the 521
agency would be unable to obtain the goods or services for which 522
the contract is offered. 523
3. For a contract with an office of a state constitutional 524
officer other than the Governor, the state c onstitutional 525
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officer makes a public finding that, absent such an exemption, 526
the office would be unable to obtain the goods or services for 527
which the contract is offered. 528
(5) At the time a company submits a bid or proposal for a 529
contract or before the co mpany enters into or renews a contract 530
with an agency or local governmental entity for goods or 531
services of $1 million or more, the company must certify that 532
the company is not on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities 533
in Sudan List or the Scrutinized C ompanies with Activities in 534
Iran Terrorism Sectors List and that it does not have business 535
operations in Cuba or Syria. At the time a company or other 536
entity submits a bid or proposal for a contract or before the 537
company or other entity enters into or renews a contract with an 538
agency or local governmental entity for goods or services of any 539
amount, the company or other entity must certify that the 540
company or other entity is not participating in a boycott of 541
Israel. 542
(a) If, after the agency or the local go vernmental entity 543
determines, using credible information available to the public, 544
that the company or other entity has submitted a false 545
certification, the agency or local governmental entity shall 546
provide the company or other entity with written notice of its 547
determination. The company or other entity shall have 90 days 548
following receipt of the notice to respond in writing and to 549
demonstrate that the determination of false certification was 550
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made in error. If the company or other entity does not make such 551
demonstration within 90 days after receipt of the notice, the 552
agency or the local governmental entity shall bring a civil 553
action against the company or other entity. If a civil action is 554
brought and the court determines that the company or other 555
entity submitted a false certification, the company or other 556
entity shall pay the penalty described in subparagraph 1. and 557
all reasonable attorney fees and costs, including any costs for 558
investigations that led to the finding of false certification. 559
1. A civil penalty equal to the greater of $2 million or 560
twice the amount of the contract for which the false 561
certification was submitted shall be imposed. 562
2. The company or other entity is ineligible to bid on any 563
contract with an agency or local governmental entity f or 3 years 564
after the date the agency or local governmental entity 565
determined that the company or other entity submitted a false 566
certification. 567
(b) A civil action to collect the penalties described in 568
paragraph (a) must commence within 3 years after the d ate the 569
false certification is submitted. 570
(6) Only the agency or local governmental entity that is a 571
party to the contract may cause a civil action to be brought 572
under this section. This section does not create or authorize a 573
private right of action or e nforcement of the penalties provided 574
in this section. An unsuccessful bidder, or any other person 575
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other than the agency or local governmental entity, may not 576
protest the award of a contract or contract renewal on the basis 577
of a false certification. 578
(7) This section preempts any ordinance or rule of any 579
agency or local governmental entity involving public contracts 580
for goods or services of: 581
(a) One million dollars or more with a company or other 582
entity engaged in scrutinized business operations. 583
(b) One hundred thousand dollars or more Any amount with a 584
company or other entity that has been placed on the Scrutinized 585
Companies or Other Entities that Boycott Israel List or is 586
engaged in a boycott of Israel. 587
(8) The contracting prohibitions in this secti on 588
applicable to companies on the Scrutinized Companies with 589
Activities in Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with 590
Activities in Iran Terrorism Sectors List or to companies 591
engaged in business operations in Cuba or Syria become 592
inoperative on the date that federal law ceases to authorize the 593
states to adopt and enforce such contracting prohibitions. 594
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 595