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
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