HB 743

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to restrictions on business entities doing
3	business with Iran; providing definitions; prohibiting the
4	state from entering into, awarding, or renewing a contract
5	or purchasing agreement for commodities or contractual
6	services with, or receiving or soliciting proposals for
7	the acquisition of commodities or contractual services
8	from, any business entity doing business with Iran;
9	providing for the cessation of such prohibition under
10	specified circumstances; directing the Department of
11	State, in conjunction with the Department of Management
12	Services, the Department of Business and Professional
13	Regulation, the Department of Legal Affairs, and the State
14	Board of Administration, to develop a mechanism for the
15	identification of business entities doing business with
16	the nation of Iran and for the enforcement of the act;
17	providing an effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1.  Restrictions on business entities doing
22	business with Iran.-
23	(1)  DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section:
24	(a)  "Business entity" means:
25	1.  Any proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise,
26	organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint
27	venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
28	limited liability company, trust, or other entity or business
29	association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-
30	owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates of such
31	entities or business associations; or
32	2.  Any self-employed individual,
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34	whether fictitiously named or not, doing business in this state,
35	that exists for the purpose of making a profit.
36	(b)  "Doing business with Iran" means:
37	1.  Engaging in commerce in any form with Iran, including,
38	but not limited to, acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning,
39	selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment,
40	facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property,
41	real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce.
42	2.  Engaging in or in any way benefiting from dealings
43	with, or activities related to or involving, the nation of Iran.
44	(c)  "Iran" means the Islamic Republic of Iran and includes
45	the government of Iran, its instrumentalities, and companies
46	owned or controlled by the government of Iran.
47	(2)  PROHIBITED CONTRACTS.-The state may not enter into,
48	award, or renew a contract or purchasing agreement for
49	commodities or contractual services with, or receive or solicit
50	proposals for the acquisition of commodities or contractual
51	services from, any business entity doing business, either
52	directly or indirectly, with Iran.
53	(3)  CESSATION OF PROHIBITION.-The prohibition under
54	subsection (2) is removed if the Congress or the President of
55	the United States affirmatively and unambiguously declares, by
56	means including, but not limited to, legislation, executive
57	order, or written certification from the President to Congress,
58	that the prohibition of contracts, awards, and agreements
59	provided in subsection (2) interferes with the conduct of United
60	States foreign policy.
61	(4)  IDENTIFICATION OF BUSINESS ENTITIES; ENFORCEMENT.-The
62	Department of State, in conjunction with the Department of
63	Management Services, the Department of Business and Professional
64	Regulation, the Department of Legal Affairs, and the State Board
65	of Administration, shall develop a mechanism for the
66	identification of business entities doing business with the
67	nation of Iran and for the enforcement of this section.
68	Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.

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