Bill Text: AZ HB2638 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: State contracts; foreign headquarters

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-19 - Referred to House GOV Committee [HB2638 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2012-HB2638-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: state contracts; foreign headquarters

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2012

 

 

HB 2638

 

Introduced by

Representatives Gallego, Ableser, Saldate: Hale, McCune Davis, Patterson, Senator Gallardo

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 41, chapter 23, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 11; relating to the state procurement code.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 41, chapter 23, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 11, to read:

ARTICLE 11.  OUTSOURCING OF JOBS

START_STATUTE41-2651.  Contracts where company headquartered outside of the United States prohibited; definition

A.  A state governmental unit shall not award a contract to a vendor, bidder, contractor or subcontractor whose corporate headquarters or principal place of business is outside of the United States.

B.  For the purposes of this section, "headquarters" means a principal central administrative office where primary headquarters related functions and services are performed, including financial, personnel, administrative, legal, planning and similar business functions. END_STATUTE