Bill Text: NY A08220 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to purchasing restrictions on persons boycotting Israel and the investment of certain public funds in companies boycotting Israel; requires the commissioner of general services to compile a list of companies boycotting Israel and establishes that such companies will be considered non-responsive bidders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-14)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - print number 8220a [A08220 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08220-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8220--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, SIMON, BICHOTTE, THIELE, KAMINSKY, OTIS, HOOPER, JAFFEE, MILLER, WEPRIN, BUCHWALD, SIMANOWITZ, CYMBROWITZ, SCHIMEL, DINOWITZ, QUART, BRINDISI, HIKIND, KEARNS, GJONAJ, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY, ORTIZ, MAGNARELLI, BRAUNSTEIN, HEVESI, ABBATE, NOJAY, LUPINAC- CI, HAWLEY, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, LAWRENCE, WALTER, KOLB, PAULIN, ROZIC, CURRAN, RA, MURRAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to purchasing restrictions on persons boycotting Israel; and to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to the investment of certain public funds in companies boycotting Israel The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 165-b to read as follows: 3 § 165-b. Purchasing restrictions; persons boycotting Israel. 1. As 4 used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: 5 (a) "Boycott Israel" or "boycott activities" means engaging in actions 6 that are intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or otherwise 7 limit commercial relations with the State of Israel or companies based 8 in the State of Israel or in territories controlled by the State of 9 Israel. 10 (b) "Boycott Israel" or "boycott activities" do not include actions 11 necessary to comply with applicable law in the business's home jurisdic- 12 tion. 13 (c) "Person" means: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11575-03-6