| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to scrutinized companies; amending s. | 
| 3 | 215.473, F.S.; providing legislative findings; | 
| 4 | revising and providing definitions; requiring the | 
| 5 | State Board of Administration to identify all | 
| 6 | companies in which public moneys are invested that are | 
| 7 | doing certain types of business in or with Cuba or | 
| 8 | Syria; requiring the board to create and maintain | 
| 9 | certain scrutinized companies lists that name all such | 
| 10 | companies; requiring the board to periodically contact | 
| 11 | all scrutinized companies and encourage them to | 
| 12 | refrain from engaging in certain types of business in | 
| 13 | or with Cuba or Syria; requiring the board to inform | 
| 14 | scrutinized companies of their status as a scrutinized | 
| 15 | company and to provide notice of the opportunity to | 
| 16 | clarify the nature of the company's business | 
| 17 | activities; providing for removal of a company from | 
| 18 | the list under certain conditions; requiring the board | 
| 19 | to divest all publicly traded securities of a | 
| 20 | scrutinized company under certain conditions; | 
| 21 | providing for reintroduction of a company onto the | 
| 22 | list; providing exceptions to the divestment | 
| 23 | requirement; prohibiting the board from acquiring | 
| 24 | securities of scrutinized companies that have active | 
| 25 | business operations; providing an exemption to the | 
| 26 | divestment requirement and investment prohibition; | 
| 27 | providing an additional exception from the divestment | 
| 28 | requirement and the investment prohibition for certain | 
| 29 | indirect holdings in actively managed investment | 
| 30 | funds; providing procedures of the board with respect | 
| 31 | to requesting removal of scrutinized companies from | 
| 32 | actively managed investment funds and defined | 
| 33 | contribution plans or the creation of a similar fund | 
| 34 | that excludes such companies; providing reporting | 
| 35 | requirements of the board; providing for cessation of | 
| 36 | assembly of the Scrutinized Companies with Activities | 
| 37 | in Cuba List and the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 38 | Activities in Syria List, cessation of engagement and | 
| 39 | divestment of such companies, and restoration of | 
| 40 | authority to reinvest in such companies under | 
| 41 | specified conditions; authorizing the board to cease | 
| 42 | divesting or reinvesting in certain companies having | 
| 43 | scrutinized active business operations under specified | 
| 44 | conditions; amending s. 287.135, F.S.; prohibiting a | 
| 45 | state agency or local governmental entity from | 
| 46 | contracting for goods and services of more than a | 
| 47 | certain amount with a company that is on the | 
| 48 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List or | 
| 49 | the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria | 
| 50 | List; requiring a contract provision that allows for | 
| 51 | termination of the contract if the company is found to | 
| 52 | have been placed on such list; providing exceptions; | 
| 53 | requiring certification upon submission of a bid or | 
| 54 | proposal for a contract, or before a company enters | 
| 55 | into or renews a contract, with an agency or | 
| 56 | governmental entity that the company is not on the | 
| 57 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List or | 
| 58 | the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria | 
| 59 | List; providing procedures upon determination that a | 
| 60 | company has submitted a false certification; providing | 
| 61 | for civil action; providing penalties; providing | 
| 62 | attorney fees and costs; providing a statute of | 
| 63 | repose; prohibiting a private right of action; | 
| 64 | requiring the Department of Management Services to | 
| 65 | notify the Attorney General after the act becomes law; | 
| 66 | providing an effective date. | 
| 67 | 
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| 68 | WHEREAS, with a population of approximately 11 million, | 
| 69 | Cuba is a totalitarian communist state that does not tolerate | 
| 70 | opposition to official policy, and | 
| 71 | WHEREAS, the current government of Cuba assumed power on | 
| 72 | January 1, 1959, and | 
| 73 | WHEREAS, although the Cuban constitution recognizes the | 
| 74 | unicameral National Assembly as the supreme authority in Cuba, | 
| 75 | the Communist Party is recognized in the constitution as the | 
| 76 | only legal party and "the superior leading force of society and | 
| 77 | of the state," and | 
| 78 | WHEREAS, elections in January 2008 for the Cuban National | 
| 79 | Assembly were neither free nor fair, and all of the candidates | 
| 80 | had to be preapproved by a Communist Party candidacy commission, | 
| 81 | with the result that the Communist Party candidates and their | 
| 82 | allies won 98.7 percent of the vote and 607 of 614 seats in the | 
| 83 | National Assembly, and | 
| 84 | WHEREAS, the Cuban government continues to deny its | 
| 85 | citizens their basic human rights, including the right to change | 
| 86 | their government, and has committed numerous and serious abuses | 
| 87 | against the citizens of Cuba, and | 
| 88 | WHEREAS, among the human rights problems reported within | 
| 89 | Cuba are beatings and abuse of prisoners and detainees, harsh | 
| 90 | and life-threatening prison conditions, including denial of | 
| 91 | medical care, harassment, and beatings, and threats against | 
| 92 | political opponents by government-recruited mobs, police, and | 
| 93 | state security officials who acted with impunity, and | 
| 94 | WHEREAS, arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights | 
| 95 | advocates and members of independent professional organizations, | 
| 96 | and denial of fair trial for at least 194 political prisoners | 
| 97 | and as many as 5,000 persons who have been convicted of | 
| 98 | potential "dangerousness" without being charged with any | 
| 99 | specific crime are also reported, and | 
| 100 | WHEREAS, there have also been severe limitations on freedom | 
| 101 | of speech and the press, denial of peaceful assembly and | 
| 102 | association, restrictions on freedom of movement, including | 
| 103 | selective denial of exit permits to citizens and the forcible | 
| 104 | removal of persons from Havana to their hometowns, restrictions | 
| 105 | on freedom of religion and refusal to recognize domestic human | 
| 106 | rights groups or permit them to function legally, discrimination | 
| 107 | against persons of African descent, and severe restrictions on | 
| 108 | workers' rights, including the right to form independent unions, | 
| 109 | and | 
| 110 | WHEREAS, other problems that are prevalent in Cuba include | 
| 111 | increasing incidences of domestic violence, underage | 
| 112 | prostitution, and trafficking in human beings, and | 
| 113 | WHEREAS, Cuba is on the United States Department of State's | 
| 114 | list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, and for nearly half a | 
| 115 | century the United States has unilaterally imposed an economic, | 
| 116 | commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba, and | 
| 117 | WHEREAS, the embargo, partially imposed on Cuba in October | 
| 118 | 1960, was enacted after Cuba nationalized the properties of | 
| 119 | United States citizens and corporations and it was strengthened | 
| 120 | to a near-total embargo on February 7, 1962, and | 
| 121 | WHEREAS, though the severity and the scope of the sanctions | 
| 122 | have varied, depending upon political developments in Cuba, the | 
| 123 | United States, and the rest of the world, the United States | 
| 124 | Government Accountability Office has stated that "the embargo on | 
| 125 | Cuba is the most comprehensive set of United States sanctions on | 
| 126 | any country, including other countries designated by the United | 
| 127 | States Government to be state sponsors of terrorism," and | 
| 128 | WHEREAS, also on the Department of State's list of State | 
| 129 | Sponsors of Terrorism is the nation of Syria, and | 
| 130 | WHEREAS, on March 8, 1963, the Baath Party in Syria enacted | 
| 131 | an emergency law that suspended basic constitutional rights such | 
| 132 | as freedom of speech and assembly and instituted martial law, | 
| 133 | and | 
| 134 | WHEREAS, in February 1982, the Syrian army, under the | 
| 135 | orders of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, effectively ended a | 
| 136 | campaign begun in 1976 by Sunni Islamic groups against the Assad | 
| 137 | regime with what is now known as "the Hama massacre," the | 
| 138 | quelling of a revolt by the Sunni Muslim community against the | 
| 139 | al-Assad regime that resulted in Syrian deaths, the estimates of | 
| 140 | which range from 10,000 to possibly as many as 40,000 Syrian | 
| 141 | citizens according to the Syrian Human Rights Committee, and | 
| 142 | WHEREAS, the Hama massacre has been described as being | 
| 143 | among "the single deadliest acts by any Arab government against | 
| 144 | its own people in the Middle East," and | 
| 145 | WHEREAS, in 2011 the "Syrian uprising" began in that | 
| 146 | country, and | 
| 147 | WHEREAS, the Syrian uprising is an ongoing internal | 
| 148 | conflict occurring in Syria that began with protests that | 
| 149 | started on January 26, 2011, and then escalated to an uprising | 
| 150 | by March 15, 2011, and | 
| 151 | WHEREAS, the demands of protesters in this sustained | 
| 152 | campaign of civil resistance include the allowance by the ruling | 
| 153 | Baath Party of other political parties, the end of President | 
| 154 | Bashar al-Assad's presidency, equal rights for Kurds, and broad | 
| 155 | political freedoms such as freedom of the press, free speech, | 
| 156 | and freedom to assemble, and | 
| 157 | WHEREAS, as protests continued, the Syrian government used | 
| 158 | tanks and snipers to force Syrian citizens off the streets, | 
| 159 | water and electricity were shut off, and security forces began | 
| 160 | confiscating flour and food in various areas of the country, and | 
| 161 | WHEREAS, violence escalated as the crisis wore on and as a | 
| 162 | result more than 3,000 people were killed, many more were | 
| 163 | injured, and thousands of protesters have been detained, with | 
| 164 | dozens of detainees reportedly having been tortured and killed, | 
| 165 | and | 
| 166 | WHEREAS, since the beginning of the uprising, the Syrian | 
| 167 | government has made several concessions, including the repeal on | 
| 168 | April 21, 2011, of the 1963 emergency law which allowed the | 
| 169 | government sweeping authority to suspend constitutional rights, | 
| 170 | though the concessions are widely considered trivial and | 
| 171 | superficial by protesters demanding more meaningful reform, | 
| 172 | especially in light of the fact that government crackdowns on | 
| 173 | protesters have continued to heighten, and | 
| 174 | WHEREAS, the oppressive Assad Regime blatantly murders | 
| 175 | protesters of the regime in mass, regularly detains political | 
| 176 | and human rights activists and journalists, engages in | 
| 177 | widespread media censorship, and is associated with the | 
| 178 | disappearance of citizens opposed to the Assad regime, and | 
| 179 | WHEREAS, the United States Government and other nations | 
| 180 | throughout the world have openly called for President Assad to | 
| 181 | step down from office, and | 
| 182 | WHEREAS, effective August 18, 2011, President Barack Obama | 
| 183 | issued a new Executive Order imposing significant new economic | 
| 184 | sanctions on Syria, and | 
| 185 | WHEREAS, the action greatly expanded United States | 
| 186 | international trade restrictions against Syria and its | 
| 187 | government in certain important respects, representing a more | 
| 188 | comprehensive unilateral economic embargo, and | 
| 189 | WHEREAS, most notably, the sanctions now include a freeze | 
| 190 | on the property and interests of property of the Government of | 
| 191 | Syria in the United States or held by United States persons, | 
| 192 | defined to include entities in the United States and their | 
| 193 | foreign branch offices, United States citizens or lawful | 
| 194 | permanent residents, and anyone of any nationality acting or | 
| 195 | located within the United States, and | 
| 196 | WHEREAS, the sanctions include prohibitions on United | 
| 197 | States persons engaging in any transactions with the Syrian | 
| 198 | Government, making new investments in Syria, providing any | 
| 199 | services to Syria, or conducting business dealings in or related | 
| 200 | to petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin, and | 
| 201 | WHEREAS, the sanctions also include a ban on the | 
| 202 | importation of Syrian-origin petroleum products into the United | 
| 203 | States and a prohibition against United States persons | 
| 204 | facilitating, approving, financing, or guaranteeing a | 
| 205 | transaction or dealing with a foreign person related to any of | 
| 206 | the prohibitions in place against Syria, and | 
| 207 | WHEREAS, both the Government of Cuba and the Government of | 
| 208 | Syria have repeatedly committed human rights violations through | 
| 209 | intimidation by military and security forces, through | 
| 210 | bureaucratic and administrative obstruction, through acts of | 
| 211 | terrorism and atrocities directed against civilians, and through | 
| 212 | the displacement of citizens from their homes, and | 
| 213 | WHEREAS, the Federal Government has imposed sanctions | 
| 214 | against the Government of Cuba and the Government of Syria, and | 
| 215 | such sanctions are monitored through the United States Treasury | 
| 216 | Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and | 
| 217 | WHEREAS, according to a former chair of the United States | 
| 218 | Securities and Exchange Commission, the fact that a foreign | 
| 219 | company is doing material business with a country, government, | 
| 220 | or entity on OFAC's sanctions list is, in the SEC staff's view, | 
| 221 | substantially likely to be significant to a reasonable | 
| 222 | investor's decision about whether to invest in that company, and | 
| 223 | WHEREAS, because the United States Secretary of State has | 
| 224 | determined that both Cuba and Syria are countries whose | 
| 225 | governments have provided support for acts of international | 
| 226 | terrorism, as a result, the United States has restricted | 
| 227 | assistance, defense exports, defense sales, financial | 
| 228 | transactions, and various other transactions with the Government | 
| 229 | of Cuba and the Government of Syria, and | 
| 230 | WHEREAS, a 2006 report by the United States House of | 
| 231 | Representatives states that "a company's association with | 
| 232 | sponsors of terrorism and human rights abuses, no matter how | 
| 233 | large or small, can have a materially adverse result on a public | 
| 234 | company's operations, financial condition, earnings, and stock | 
| 235 | prices, all of which can negatively affect the value of an | 
| 236 | investment," and | 
| 237 | WHEREAS, in response to the financial risk posed by | 
| 238 | investments in companies doing business with a state that | 
| 239 | sponsors terrorists, the Securities and Exchange Commission | 
| 240 | established its Office of Global Security Risk to provide for | 
| 241 | enhanced disclosure of material information regarding such | 
| 242 | companies, and | 
| 243 | WHEREAS, divestment actions precipitated by such | 
| 244 | sponsorship of terrorism and human rights violations encompass | 
| 245 | universities, municipalities, states, and private pension plans, | 
| 246 | and | 
| 247 | WHEREAS, companies facing such widespread divestment | 
| 248 | present further material risk to remaining investors, and | 
| 249 | WHEREAS, it is a fundamental responsibility of the State of | 
| 250 | Florida to decide where, how, and by whom financial resources in | 
| 251 | its control should be invested, taking into account numerous | 
| 252 | pertinent factors, and | 
| 253 | WHEREAS, it is the prerogative and desire of the State of | 
| 254 | Florida, with respect to investment resources in its control and | 
| 255 | to the extent reasonable, with due consideration for return on | 
| 256 | investment on behalf of the state and its investment | 
| 257 | beneficiaries, not to participate in an ownership or capital- | 
| 258 | providing capacity with entities that provide significant | 
| 259 | practical support for terrorism and human rights violations, | 
| 260 | including certain non-United States companies presently doing | 
| 261 | business in such countries, and | 
| 262 | WHEREAS, while divestiture should be considered with the | 
| 263 | intent to improve investment performance and by the rules of | 
| 264 | prudence, fiduciaries must take into account all relevant | 
| 265 | substantive factors in arriving at an investment decision, and | 
| 266 | WHEREAS, the State of Florida is deeply concerned about | 
| 267 | investments in publicly traded companies that have business | 
| 268 | activities in and ties to Cuba and Syria as a financial risk to | 
| 269 | the shareholders, and | 
| 270 | WHEREAS, by investing in publicly traded companies having | 
| 271 | ties to Cuba and Syria, the Florida State Board of | 
| 272 | Administration is putting the funds it oversees at substantial | 
| 273 | financial risk, and | 
| 274 | WHEREAS, divestiture from markets that are vulnerable to | 
| 275 | embargo, loan restrictions, and sanctions from the United States | 
| 276 | and the international community, including the United Nations | 
| 277 | Security Council, is in accordance with the rules of prudence, | 
| 278 | and | 
| 279 | WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that this act should remain | 
| 280 | in effect only insofar as it continues to be consistent with and | 
| 281 | does not unduly interfere with the foreign policy of the United | 
| 282 | States as determined by the Federal Government, and | 
| 283 | WHEREAS, to protect Florida's assets, it is in the best | 
| 284 | interest of the state to enact a statutory prohibition regarding | 
| 285 | the investments managed by the State Board of Administration | 
| 286 | doing business in Cuba and Syria, NOW, THEREFORE, | 
| 287 | 
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| 288 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
| 289 | 
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| 290 | Section 1.  Section 215.473, Florida Statutes, is amended | 
| 291 | to read: | 
| 292 | 215.473  Divestiture by the State Board of Administration; | 
| 293 | Sudan; Iran; Cuba; Syria.- | 
| 294 | (1)  DEFINITIONS.-As used in this act, the term: | 
| 295 | (a)  "Active business operations" means all business | 
| 296 | operations that are not inactive business operations. | 
| 297 | (b)  "Business operations" means engaging in commerce in | 
| 298 | any form in Sudan, orIran, Cuba, or Syria, including, but not | 
| 299 | limited to, acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, | 
| 300 | possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, | 
| 301 | personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, | 
| 302 | or any other apparatus of business or commerce. | 
| 303 | (c)  "Company" means any sole proprietorship, organization, | 
| 304 | association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited | 
| 305 | partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability | 
| 306 | company, or other entity or business association, including all | 
| 307 | wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent | 
| 308 | companies, or affiliates of such entities or business | 
| 309 | associations, that exists for the purpose of making profit. | 
| 310 | (d)  "Complicit" means taking actions during any preceding | 
| 311 | 20-month period which have directly supported or promoted: | 
| 312 | 1.  The genocidal campaign in Darfur, including, but not | 
| 313 | limited to, preventing Darfur's victimized population from | 
| 314 | communicating with each other; | 
| 315 | 2.  Encouraging Sudanese citizens to speak out against an | 
| 316 | internationally approved security force for Darfur; | 
| 317 | 3.  Actively working to deny, cover up, or alter the record | 
| 318 | on human rights abuses in Darfur; or | 
| 319 | 4.  Other similar actions. | 
| 320 | (e)  "Cuba" means the nation of Cuba. | 
| 321 | (f) (e)"Direct holdings" in a company means all securities | 
| 322 | of that company that are held directly by the public fund or in | 
| 323 | an account or fund in which the public fund owns all shares or | 
| 324 | interests. | 
| 325 | (g)  "Government of Cuba" means the government of Cuba, | 
| 326 | under the control of General Raul Castro and the Cuban Communist | 
| 327 | Party, its instrumentalities, and companies owned or controlled | 
| 328 | by the government of Cuba. | 
| 329 | (h) (f)"Government of Iran" means the government of Iran, | 
| 330 | its instrumentalities, and companies owned or controlled by the | 
| 331 | government of Iran. | 
| 332 | (i) (g)"Government of Sudan" means the government in | 
| 333 | Khartoum, Sudan, that is led by the National Congress Party, | 
| 334 | formerly known as the National Islamic Front, or any successor | 
| 335 | government formed on or after October 13, 2006, including the | 
| 336 | coalition National Unity Government agreed upon in the | 
| 337 | Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Sudan, and does not include | 
| 338 | the regional government of southern Sudan. | 
| 339 | (j)  "Government of Syria" means the government of Syria, | 
| 340 | under the control of President Bashar Al-Assad and the Arab | 
| 341 | Socialist Baath Party, its instrumentalities, and companies | 
| 342 | owned or controlled by the government of Syria. | 
| 343 | (k) (h)"Inactive business operations" means the mere | 
| 344 | continued holding or renewal of rights to property previously | 
| 345 | operated for the purpose of generating revenues but not | 
| 346 | presently deployed for such purpose. | 
| 347 | (l) (i)"Indirect holdings" in a company means all | 
| 348 | securities of that company that are held in an account or fund, | 
| 349 | such as a mutual fund, managed by one or more persons not | 
| 350 | employed by the public fund, in which the public fund owns | 
| 351 | shares or interests together with other investors not subject to | 
| 352 | the provisions of this act. | 
| 353 | (m) (j)"Iran" means the Islamic Republic of Iran. | 
| 354 | (n) (k)"Marginalized populations of Sudan" include, but | 
| 355 | are not limited to, the portion of the population in the Darfur | 
| 356 | region that has been genocidally victimized; the portion of the | 
| 357 | population of southern Sudan victimized by Sudan's north-south | 
| 358 | civil war; the Beja, Rashidiya, and other similarly underserved | 
| 359 | groups of eastern Sudan; the Nubian and other similarly | 
| 360 | underserved groups in Sudan's Abyei, Southern Blue Nile, and | 
| 361 | Nuba Mountain regions; and the Amri, Hamadab, Manasir, and other | 
| 362 | similarly underserved groups of northern Sudan. | 
| 363 | (o) (l)"Military equipment" means weapons, arms, military | 
| 364 | supplies, and equipment that may readily be used for military | 
| 365 | purposes, including, but not limited to, radar systems, | 
| 366 | military-grade transport vehicles, or supplies or services sold | 
| 367 | or provided directly or indirectly to any force actively | 
| 368 | participating in armed conflict in Sudan, Cuba, or Syria. | 
| 369 | (p) (m)"Mineral-extraction activities" include the | 
| 370 | exploring, extracting, processing, transporting, or wholesale | 
| 371 | selling or trading of elemental minerals or associated metal | 
| 372 | alloys or oxides (ore), including gold, copper, chromium, | 
| 373 | chromite, diamonds, iron, iron ore, silver, tungsten, uranium, | 
| 374 | and zinc, as well as facilitating such activities, including | 
| 375 | providing supplies or services in support of such activities. | 
| 376 | (q) (n)"Oil-related activities" include, but are not | 
| 377 | limited to, owning rights to oil blocks; exporting, extracting, | 
| 378 | producing, refining, processing, exploring for, transporting, | 
| 379 | selling, or trading of oil; constructing, maintaining, or | 
| 380 | operating a pipeline, refinery, or other oil-field | 
| 381 | infrastructure; and facilitating such activities, including | 
| 382 | providing supplies or services in support of such activities, | 
| 383 | except that the mere retail sale of gasoline and related | 
| 384 | consumer products is not considered an oil-related activity. | 
| 385 | (r) (o)"Petroleum resources" means petroleum, petroleum | 
| 386 | byproducts, or natural gas. | 
| 387 | (s) (p)"Power-production activities" means any business | 
| 388 | operation that involves a project commissioned by the National | 
| 389 | Electricity Corporation (NEC) of Sudan or other similar entity | 
| 390 | of the government of Sudan whose purpose is to facilitate power | 
| 391 | generation and delivery, including, but not limited to, | 
| 392 | establishing power-generating plants or hydroelectric dams, | 
| 393 | selling or installing components for the project, providing | 
| 394 | service contracts related to the installation or maintenance of | 
| 395 | the project, as well as facilitating such activities, including | 
| 396 | providing supplies or services in support of such activities. | 
| 397 | (t) (q)"Public fund" means all funds, assets, trustee, and | 
| 398 | other designates under the State Board of Administration | 
| 399 | pursuant to chapter 121. | 
| 400 | (u) (r)"Scrutinized active business operations" means | 
| 401 | active business operations that have resulted in a company | 
| 402 | becoming a scrutinized company. | 
| 403 | (v) (s)"Scrutinized business operations" means business | 
| 404 | operations that have resulted in a company becoming a | 
| 405 | scrutinized company. | 
| 406 | (w) (t)"Scrutinized company" means any company that meets | 
| 407 | any of the following criteria: | 
| 408 | 1.  The company has business operations that involve | 
| 409 | contracts with or provision of supplies or services to the | 
| 410 | government of Sudan, companies in which the government of Sudan | 
| 411 | has any direct or indirect equity share, consortiums or projects | 
| 412 | commissioned by the government of Sudan, or companies involved | 
| 413 | in consortiums or projects commissioned by the government of | 
| 414 | Sudan, and: | 
| 415 | a.  More than 10 percent of the company's revenues or | 
| 416 | assets linked to Sudan involve oil-related activities or | 
| 417 | mineral-extraction activities; less than 75 percent of the | 
| 418 | company's revenues or assets linked to Sudan involve contracts | 
| 419 | with or provision of oil-related or mineral-extracting products | 
| 420 | or services to the regional government of southern Sudan or a | 
| 421 | project or consortium created exclusively by that regional | 
| 422 | government; and the company has failed to take substantial | 
| 423 | action; or | 
| 424 | b.  More than 10 percent of the company's revenues or | 
| 425 | assets linked to Sudan involve power-production activities; less | 
| 426 | than 75 percent of the company's power-production activities | 
| 427 | include projects whose intent is to provide power or electricity | 
| 428 | to the marginalized populations of Sudan; and the company has | 
| 429 | failed to take substantial action. | 
| 430 | 2.  The company is complicit in the Darfur genocide. | 
| 431 | 3.  The company supplies military equipment within Sudan, | 
| 432 | unless it clearly shows that the military equipment cannot be | 
| 433 | used to facilitate offensive military actions in Sudan or the | 
| 434 | company implements rigorous and verifiable safeguards to prevent | 
| 435 | use of that equipment by forces actively participating in armed | 
| 436 | conflict. Examples of safeguards include post-sale tracking of | 
| 437 | such equipment by the company, certification from a reputable | 
| 438 | and objective third party that such equipment is not being used | 
| 439 | by a party participating in armed conflict in Sudan, or sale of | 
| 440 | such equipment solely to the regional government of southern | 
| 441 | Sudan or any internationally recognized peacekeeping force or | 
| 442 | humanitarian organization. | 
| 443 | 4.  The company has business operations that involve | 
| 444 | contracts with or provision of supplies or services to the | 
| 445 | government of Iran, companies in which the government of Iran | 
| 446 | has any direct or indirect equity share, consortiums ,or | 
| 447 | projects commissioned by the government of Iran, or companies | 
| 448 | involved in consortiums or projects commissioned by the | 
| 449 | government of Iran and: | 
| 450 | a.  More than 10 percent of the company's total revenues or | 
| 451 | assets are linked to Iran and involve oil-related activities or | 
| 452 | mineral-extraction activities; and the company has failed to | 
| 453 | take substantial action; or | 
| 454 | b.  The company has, with actual knowledge, on or after | 
| 455 | August 5, 1996, made an investment of $20 million or more, or | 
| 456 | any combination of investments of at least $10 million each, | 
| 457 | which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20 million in any 12- | 
| 458 | month period, and which directly or significantly contributes to | 
| 459 | the enhancement of Iran's ability to develop the petroleum | 
| 460 | resources of Iran. | 
| 461 | 5.  The company has business operations that involve | 
| 462 | contracts with or provision of supplies or services to the | 
| 463 | government of Cuba, companies in which the government of Cuba | 
| 464 | has any direct or indirect equity share, consortiums or projects | 
| 465 | commissioned by the government of Cuba, or companies involved in | 
| 466 | consortiums or projects commissioned by the government of Cuba | 
| 467 | and: | 
| 468 | a.  More than 10 percent of the company's total revenues or | 
| 469 | assets are linked to Cuba, and the company has failed to take | 
| 470 | substantial action; or | 
| 471 | b.  The company has, with actual knowledge, on or after | 
| 472 | January 1, 1959, made an investment of $20 million or more, or | 
| 473 | any combination of investments of at least $10 million each, | 
| 474 | which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20 million in any 12- | 
| 475 | month period. | 
| 476 | 6.  The company supplies military equipment within Cuba, | 
| 477 | unless it clearly shows that the military equipment cannot be | 
| 478 | used to facilitate offensive military actions in Cuba or the | 
| 479 | company implements rigorous and verifiable safeguards to prevent | 
| 480 | use of that equipment by forces actively participating in armed | 
| 481 | conflict. Examples of safeguards include post-sale tracking of | 
| 482 | such equipment by the company, certification from a reputable | 
| 483 | and objective third party that such equipment is not being used | 
| 484 | by a party participating in armed conflict in Cuba, or sale of | 
| 485 | such equipment solely to any internationally recognized | 
| 486 | peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization. | 
| 487 | 7.  The company has business operations that involve | 
| 488 | contracts with or provision of supplies or services to the | 
| 489 | government of Syria, companies in which the government of Syria | 
| 490 | has any direct or indirect equity share, consortiums or projects | 
| 491 | commissioned by the government of Syria, or companies involved | 
| 492 | in consortiums or projects commissioned by the government of | 
| 493 | Syria and: | 
| 494 | a.  More than 10 percent of the company's total revenues or | 
| 495 | assets are linked to Syria and involve oil-related activities, | 
| 496 | and the company has failed to take substantial action; or | 
| 497 | b.  The company has, with actual knowledge, on or after | 
| 498 | March 8, 1963, made an investment of $20 million or more, or any | 
| 499 | combination of investments of at least $10 million each, which | 
| 500 | in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20 million in any 12-month | 
| 501 | period, and which directly or significantly contributes to the | 
| 502 | enhancement of Syria's ability to develop the petroleum | 
| 503 | resources of Syria. | 
| 504 | 8.  The company supplies military equipment within Syria, | 
| 505 | unless it clearly shows that the military equipment cannot be | 
| 506 | used to facilitate offensive military actions in Syria or the | 
| 507 | company implements rigorous and verifiable safeguards to prevent | 
| 508 | use of that equipment by forces actively participating in armed | 
| 509 | conflict. Examples of safeguards include post-sale tracking of | 
| 510 | such equipment by the company, certification from a reputable | 
| 511 | and objective third party that such equipment is not being used | 
| 512 | by a party participating in armed conflict in Syria, or sale of | 
| 513 | such equipment solely to any internationally recognized | 
| 514 | peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization. | 
| 515 | (x) (u)"Social-development company" means a company whose | 
| 516 | primary purpose in Sudan is to provide humanitarian goods or | 
| 517 | services, including medicine or medical equipment; agricultural | 
| 518 | supplies or infrastructure; educational opportunities; | 
| 519 | journalism-related activities; information or information | 
| 520 | materials; spiritual-related activities; services of a purely | 
| 521 | clerical or reporting nature; food, clothing, or general | 
| 522 | consumer goods that are unrelated to oil-related activities; | 
| 523 | mineral-extraction activities; or power-production activities. | 
| 524 | (y)  "Substantial action specific to Cuba" means adopting, | 
| 525 | publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized | 
| 526 | business operations within 1 year and to refrain from any such | 
| 527 | new business operations. | 
| 528 | (z) (v)"Substantial action specific to Iran" means | 
| 529 | adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease | 
| 530 | scrutinized business operations within 1 year and to refrain | 
| 531 | from any such new business operations. | 
| 532 | (aa) (w)"Substantial action specific to Sudan" means | 
| 533 | adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease | 
| 534 | scrutinized business operations within 1 year and to refrain | 
| 535 | from any such new business operations; undertaking humanitarian | 
| 536 | efforts in conjunction with an international organization, the | 
| 537 | government of Sudan, the regional government of southern Sudan, | 
| 538 | or a nonprofit entity evaluated and certified by an independent | 
| 539 | third party to be substantially in a relationship to the | 
| 540 | company's Sudan business operations and of benefit to one or | 
| 541 | more marginalized populations of Sudan; or, through engagement | 
| 542 | with the government of Sudan, materially improving conditions | 
| 543 | for the genocidally victimized population in Darfur. | 
| 544 | (bb)  "Substantial action specific to Syria" means | 
| 545 | adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease | 
| 546 | scrutinized business operations within 1 year and to refrain | 
| 547 | from any such new business operations. | 
| 548 | (cc)  "Syria" means the nation of Syria. | 
| 549 | (2)  IDENTIFICATION OF COMPANIES.- | 
| 550 | (a)  Within 90 days after the effective date of this act, | 
| 551 | the public fund shall make its best efforts to identify all | 
| 552 | scrutinized companies in which the public fund has direct or | 
| 553 | indirect holdings or could possibly have such holdings in the | 
| 554 | future. Such efforts include: | 
| 555 | 1.  Reviewing and relying, as appropriate in the public | 
| 556 | fund's judgment, on publicly available information regarding | 
| 557 | companies having business operations in Sudan, including | 
| 558 | information provided by nonprofit organizations, research firms, | 
| 559 | international organizations, and government entities; | 
| 560 | 2.  Contacting asset managers contracted by the public fund | 
| 561 | that invest in companies having business operations in Sudan; or | 
| 562 | 3.  Contacting other institutional investors that have | 
| 563 | divested from or engaged with companies that have business | 
| 564 | operations in Sudan. | 
| 565 | 4.  Reviewing the laws of the United States regarding the | 
| 566 | levels of business activity that would cause application of | 
| 567 | sanctions for companies conducting business or investing in | 
| 568 | countries that are designated state sponsors of terror. | 
| 569 | (b)  By the first meeting of the public fund following the | 
| 570 | 90-day period described in paragraph (a), the public fund shall | 
| 571 | assemble all scrutinized companies that fit criteria specified | 
| 572 | in subparagraphs (1)(w)1., 2., and 3. (1)(t)1., 2., and 3.into | 
| 573 | a "Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List," and  | 
| 574 | shall assemble all scrutinized companies that fit criteria | 
| 575 | specified in subparagraph (1)(w)4. (1)(t)4.into a "Scrutinized | 
| 576 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 577 | List, ." shall assemble all scrutinized companies that fit | 
| 578 | criteria specified in subparagraphs (1)(w)5. and 6. into a | 
| 579 | "Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List," and shall | 
| 580 | assemble all scrutinized companies that fit criteria specified | 
| 581 | in subparagraphs (1)(w)7. and 8. into a "Scrutinized Companies | 
| 582 | with Activities in Syria List." | 
| 583 | (c)  The public fund shall update and make publicly | 
| 584 | available quarterly the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in | 
| 585 | Sudan List, andthe Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the | 
| 586 | Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies | 
| 587 | with Activities in Cuba List, and the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 588 | Activities in Syria List based on evolving information from, | 
| 589 | among other sources, those listed in paragraph (a). | 
| 590 | (d)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, a social- | 
| 591 | development company that is not complicit in the Darfur genocide | 
| 592 | is not considered a scrutinized company under subparagraph | 
| 593 | (1)(w)1. (1)(t)1., subparagraph (1)(w)2.(1)(t)2., or | 
| 594 | subparagraph (1)(w)3. (1)(t)3. | 
| 595 | (3)  REQUIRED ACTIONS.-The public fund shall adhere to the | 
| 596 | following procedure for assembling companies on the Scrutinized | 
| 597 | Companies with Activities in Sudan List, andthe Scrutinized | 
| 598 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 599 | List, the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, | 
| 600 | and the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List: | 
| 601 | (a)  Engagement.- | 
| 602 | 1.  The public fund shall immediately determine the | 
| 603 | companies on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan | 
| 604 | List, andthe Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran | 
| 605 | Petroleum Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 606 | Activities in Cuba List, and the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 607 | Activities in Syria List in which the public fund owns direct or | 
| 608 | indirect holdings. | 
| 609 | 2.  For each company identified in this paragraph that has | 
| 610 | only inactive business operations, the public fund shall send a | 
| 611 | written notice informing the company of this act and encouraging | 
| 612 | it to continue to refrain from initiating active business | 
| 613 | operations in Sudan, orIran, Cuba, or Syria until it is able to | 
| 614 | avoid scrutinized business operations. The public fund shall | 
| 615 | continue such correspondence semiannually. | 
| 616 | 3.  For each company newly identified under this paragraph | 
| 617 | that has active business operations, the public fund shall send | 
| 618 | a written notice informing the company of its scrutinized | 
| 619 | company status and that it may become subject to divestment by | 
| 620 | the public fund. The notice must inform the company of the | 
| 621 | opportunity to clarify its Sudan-related, orIran-related, Cuba- | 
| 622 | related, or Syria-related activities and encourage the company, | 
| 623 | within 90 days, to cease its scrutinized business operations or | 
| 624 | convert such operations to inactive business operations in order | 
| 625 | to avoid qualifying for divestment by the public fund. | 
| 626 | 4.  If, within 90 days after the public fund's first | 
| 627 | engagement with a company pursuant to this paragraph, that | 
| 628 | company ceases scrutinized business operations, the company | 
| 629 | shall be removed from the Scrutinized Companies with Activities | 
| 630 | in Sudan List, andthe Scrutinized Companies with Activities in | 
| 631 | the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies | 
| 632 | with Activities in Cuba List, and the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 633 | Activities in Syria List, and the provisions of this act shall | 
| 634 | cease to apply to that company unless that company resumes | 
| 635 | scrutinized business operations. If, within 90 days after the | 
| 636 | public fund's first engagement, the company converts its | 
| 637 | scrutinized active business operations to inactive business | 
| 638 | operations, the company is subject to all provisions relating to | 
| 639 | inactive business operations. A company may be removed from one | 
| 640 | list but remain on the other list, in which case the company | 
| 641 | shall be subject to the provisions applicable to the list on | 
| 642 | which the company remains. | 
| 643 | (b)  Divestment.- | 
| 644 | 1.  If, after 90 days following the public fund's first | 
| 645 | engagement with a company pursuant to paragraph (a), the company | 
| 646 | continues to have scrutinized active business operations, and | 
| 647 | only while such company continues to have scrutinized active | 
| 648 | business operations, the public fund shall sell, redeem, divest, | 
| 649 | or withdraw all publicly traded securities of the company, | 
| 650 | except as provided in paragraph (d), from the public fund's | 
| 651 | assets under management within 12 months after the company's | 
| 652 | most recent appearance on the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 653 | Activities in Sudan List, or onthe Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 654 | Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, the | 
| 655 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, or the | 
| 656 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List. | 
| 657 | 2.  If a company that ceased scrutinized active business | 
| 658 | operations following engagement pursuant to paragraph (a) | 
| 659 | resumes such operations, this paragraph immediately applies, and | 
| 660 | the public fund shall send a written notice to the company. The | 
| 661 | company shall also be immediately reintroduced onto the | 
| 662 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, or onthe | 
| 663 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum | 
| 664 | Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in | 
| 665 | Cuba List, or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria | 
| 666 | List, as applicable. | 
| 667 | (c)  Prohibition.-The public fund may not acquire | 
| 668 | securities of companies on the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 669 | Activities in Sudan List, orthe Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 670 | Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, the | 
| 671 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, or the | 
| 672 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List that have | 
| 673 | active business operations, except as provided in paragraph (d). | 
| 674 | (d)  Exemption.-A company that the United States Government | 
| 675 | affirmatively declares to be excluded from its present or any | 
| 676 | future federal sanctions regime relating to Sudan, orIran, | 
| 677 | Cuba, or Syria is not subject to divestment or the investment | 
| 678 | prohibition pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c). | 
| 679 | (e)  Excluded securities.-Notwithstanding the provisions of | 
| 680 | this act, paragraphs (b) and (c) do not apply to indirect | 
| 681 | holdings in actively managed investment funds. However, the | 
| 682 | public fund shall submit letters to the managers of such | 
| 683 | investment funds containing companies that have scrutinized | 
| 684 | active business operations requesting that they consider | 
| 685 | removing such companies from the fund or create a similar | 
| 686 | actively managed fund having indirect holdings devoid of such | 
| 687 | companies. If the manager creates a similar fund, the public | 
| 688 | fund shall replace all applicable investments with investments | 
| 689 | in the similar fund in an expedited timeframe consistent with | 
| 690 | prudent investing standards. For the purposes of this section, a | 
| 691 | private equity fund is deemed to be an actively managed | 
| 692 | investment fund. | 
| 693 | (f)  Further exclusions.-Notwithstanding any other | 
| 694 | provision of this act, the public fund, when discharging its | 
| 695 | responsibility for operation of a defined contribution plan, | 
| 696 | shall engage the manager of the investment offerings in such | 
| 697 | plans requesting that they consider removing scrutinized | 
| 698 | companies from the investment offerings or create an alternative | 
| 699 | investment offering devoid of scrutinized companies. If the | 
| 700 | manager creates an alternative investment offering and the | 
| 701 | offering is deemed by the public fund to be consistent with | 
| 702 | prudent investor standards, the public fund shall consider | 
| 703 | including such investment offering in the plan. | 
| 704 | (4)  REPORTING.- | 
| 705 | (a)  The public fund shall file a report with each member | 
| 706 | of the Board of Trustees of the State Board of Administration, | 
| 707 | the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | 
| 708 | Representatives that includes the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 709 | Activities in Sudan List, andthe Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 710 | Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, the | 
| 711 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, and the | 
| 712 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List within 30 | 
| 713 | days after the list is created. This report shall be made | 
| 714 | available to the public. | 
| 715 | (b)  At each quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees | 
| 716 | thereafter, the public fund shall file a report, which shall be | 
| 717 | made available to the public and to each member of the Board of | 
| 718 | Trustees of the State Board of Administration, the President of | 
| 719 | the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and | 
| 720 | send a copy of that report to the United States Presidential | 
| 721 | Special Envoy to Sudan, andthe United States Presidential | 
| 722 | Special Envoy to Iran, the United States Presidential Special | 
| 723 | Envoy to Cuba, and the United States Presidential Special Envoy | 
| 724 | to Syria, or an appropriate designee or successor, which | 
| 725 | includes: | 
| 726 | 1.  A summary of correspondence with companies engaged by | 
| 727 | the public fund under subparagraphs (3)(a)2. and 3.; | 
| 728 | 2.  All investments sold, redeemed, divested, or withdrawn | 
| 729 | in compliance with paragraph (3)(b); | 
| 730 | 3.  All prohibited investments under paragraph (3)(c); | 
| 731 | 4.  Any progress made under paragraph (3)(e); and | 
| 732 | 5.  A list of all publicly traded securities held directly | 
| 733 | by this state. | 
| 734 | (5)  EXPIRATION.-This act expires upon the occurrence of | 
| 735 | all of the following: | 
| 736 | (a)  If any of the following occur, the public fund shall | 
| 737 | no longer scrutinize companies according to subparagraphs | 
| 738 | (1)(w)1., 2., and 3. (1)(t)1., 2., and 3.and shall no longer | 
| 739 | assemble the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan | 
| 740 | List, shall cease engagement and divestment of such companies, | 
| 741 | and may reinvest in such companies as long as such companies do | 
| 742 | not satisfy the criteria for inclusion in the Scrutinized | 
| 743 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 744 | List, the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, or | 
| 745 | the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List: | 
| 746 | 1.  The Congress or President of the United States, | 
| 747 | affirmatively and unambiguously states, by means including, but | 
| 748 | not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 749 | certification from the President to Congress, that the Darfur | 
| 750 | genocide has been halted for at least 12 months; | 
| 751 | 2.  The United States revokes all sanctions imposed against | 
| 752 | the government of Sudan; | 
| 753 | 3.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 754 | affirmatively and unambiguously states, by means including, but | 
| 755 | not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 756 | certification from the President to Congress, that the | 
| 757 | government of Sudan has honored its commitments to cease attacks | 
| 758 | on civilians, demobilize and demilitarize the Janjaweed and | 
| 759 | associated militias, grant free and unfettered access for | 
| 760 | deliveries of humanitarian assistance, and allow for the safe | 
| 761 | and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced | 
| 762 | persons; or | 
| 763 | 4.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 764 | affirmatively and unambiguously states, by means including, but | 
| 765 | not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 766 | certification from the President to Congress, that mandatory | 
| 767 | divestment of the type provided for in this act interferes with | 
| 768 | the conduct of United States foreign policy. | 
| 769 | (b)  If any of the following occur, the public fund shall | 
| 770 | no longer scrutinize companies according to subparagraph | 
| 771 | (1)(w)4. (1)(t)4.and shall no longer assemble the Scrutinized | 
| 772 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 773 | List and shall cease engagement, investment prohibitions, and | 
| 774 | divestment. The public fund may reinvest in such companies as | 
| 775 | long as such companies do not satisfy the criteria for inclusion | 
| 776 | in the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, the | 
| 777 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, or the | 
| 778 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List: | 
| 779 | 1.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 780 | affirmatively and unambiguously states, by means including, but | 
| 781 | not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 782 | certification from the President to Congress, that the | 
| 783 | government of Iran has ceased to acquire weapons of mass | 
| 784 | destruction and support international terrorism; | 
| 785 | 2.  The United States revokes all sanctions imposed against | 
| 786 | the government of Iran; or | 
| 787 | 3.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 788 | affirmatively and unambiguously declares, by means including, | 
| 789 | but not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 790 | certification from the President to Congress, that mandatory | 
| 791 | divestment of the type provided for in this act interferes with | 
| 792 | the conduct of United States foreign policy. | 
| 793 | (c)  If any of the following occur, the public fund shall | 
| 794 | no longer scrutinize companies according to subparagraphs | 
| 795 | (1)(w)5. and 6. and shall no longer assemble the Scrutinized | 
| 796 | Companies with Activities in Cuba List and shall cease | 
| 797 | engagement, investment prohibitions, and divestment. The public | 
| 798 | fund may reinvest in such companies as long as such companies do | 
| 799 | not satisfy the criteria for inclusion in the Scrutinized | 
| 800 | Companies with Activities in Sudan List, the Scrutinized | 
| 801 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 802 | List, or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria | 
| 803 | List: | 
| 804 | 1.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 805 | affirmatively and unambiguously states, by means including, but | 
| 806 | not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 807 | certification from the President to Congress, that the | 
| 808 | government of Cuba has ceased to acquire weapons of mass | 
| 809 | destruction and support international terrorism; | 
| 810 | 2.  The United States revokes all sanctions imposed against | 
| 811 | the government of Cuba; or | 
| 812 | 3.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 813 | affirmatively and unambiguously declares, by means including, | 
| 814 | but not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 815 | certification from the President to Congress, that mandatory | 
| 816 | divestment of the type provided for in this act interferes with | 
| 817 | the conduct of United States foreign policy. | 
| 818 | (d)  If any of the following occur, the public fund shall | 
| 819 | no longer scrutinize companies according to subparagraphs | 
| 820 | (1)(w)7. and 8. and shall no longer assemble the Scrutinized | 
| 821 | Companies with Activities in Syria List and shall cease | 
| 822 | engagement, investment prohibitions, and divestment. The public | 
| 823 | fund may reinvest in such companies as long as such companies do | 
| 824 | not satisfy the criteria for inclusion in the Scrutinized | 
| 825 | Companies with Activities in Sudan List, the Scrutinized | 
| 826 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 827 | List, or the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List: | 
| 828 | 1.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 829 | affirmatively and unambiguously states, by means including, but | 
| 830 | not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 831 | certification from the President to Congress, that the | 
| 832 | government of Cuba has ceased to acquire weapons of mass | 
| 833 | destruction and support international terrorism; | 
| 834 | 2.  The United States revokes all sanctions imposed against | 
| 835 | the government of Syria; or | 
| 836 | 3.  The Congress or President of the United States | 
| 837 | affirmatively and unambiguously declares, by means including, | 
| 838 | but not limited to, legislation, executive order, or written | 
| 839 | certification from the President to Congress, that mandatory | 
| 840 | divestment of the type provided for in this act interferes with | 
| 841 | the conduct of United States foreign policy. | 
| 842 | (6)  INVESTMENT POLICY STATEMENT OBLIGATIONS.-The public | 
| 843 | fund's actions taken in compliance with this act, including all | 
| 844 | good faith determinations regarding companies as required by | 
| 845 | this act, shall be adopted and incorporated into the public | 
| 846 | fund's investment policy statement (the IPS) as set forth in s. | 
| 847 | 215.475. | 
| 848 | (7)  REINVESTMENT IN CERTAIN COMPANIES HAVING SCRUTINIZED | 
| 849 | ACTIVE BUSINESS OPERATIONS.-Notwithstanding any other provision | 
| 850 | of this act to the contrary, the public fund may cease divesting | 
| 851 | from certain scrutinized companies pursuant to paragraph (3)(b) | 
| 852 | or reinvest in certain scrutinized companies from which it | 
| 853 | divested pursuant to paragraph (3)(b) if clear and convincing | 
| 854 | evidence shows that the value of all assets under management by | 
| 855 | the public fund becomes equal to or less than 99.50 percent, or | 
| 856 | 50 basis points, of the hypothetical value of all assets under | 
| 857 | management by the public fund assuming no divestment for any | 
| 858 | company had occurred under paragraph (3)(b). Cessation of | 
| 859 | divestment, reinvestment, or any subsequent ongoing investment | 
| 860 | authorized by this act is limited to the minimum steps necessary | 
| 861 | to avoid the contingency set forth in this subsection or that no | 
| 862 | divestment of any company is required for less than fair value. | 
| 863 | For any cessation of divestment, reinvestment, or subsequent | 
| 864 | ongoing investment authorized by this act, the public fund shall | 
| 865 | provide a written report to each member of the Board of Trustees | 
| 866 | of the State Board of Administration, the President of the | 
| 867 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in | 
| 868 | advance of initial reinvestment, updated semiannually thereafter | 
| 869 | as applicable, setting forth the reasons and justification, | 
| 870 | supported by clear and convincing evidence, for its decisions to | 
| 871 | cease divestment, reinvest, or remain invested in companies | 
| 872 | having scrutinized active business operations. This act does not | 
| 873 | apply to reinvestment in companies on the grounds that they have | 
| 874 | ceased to have scrutinized active business operations. | 
| 875 | Section 2.  Section 287.135, Florida Statutes, is amended | 
| 876 | to read: | 
| 877 | 287.135  Prohibition against contracting with scrutinized | 
| 878 | companies.- | 
| 879 | (1)  In addition to the terms defined in ss. 287.012 and | 
| 880 | 215.473, as used in this section, the term: | 
| 881 | (a)  "Awarding body" means, for purposes of state | 
| 882 | contracts, an agency or the department, and for purposes of | 
| 883 | local contracts, the governing body of the local governmental | 
| 884 | entity. | 
| 885 | (b)  "Local governmental entity" means a county, | 
| 886 | municipality, special district, or other political subdivision | 
| 887 | of the state. | 
| 888 | (2)  A company that, at the time of bidding or submitting a | 
| 889 | proposal for a new contract or renewal of an existing contract, | 
| 890 | is on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, | 
| 891 | orthe Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran | 
| 892 | Petroleum Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 893 | Activities in Cuba List, or the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 894 | Activities in Syria List, created pursuant to s. 215.473, is | 
| 895 | ineligible for, and may not bid on, submit a proposal for, or | 
| 896 | enter into or renew a contract with an agency or local | 
| 897 | governmental entity for goods or services of $1 million or more. | 
| 898 | (3)(a)  Any contract with an agency or local governmental | 
| 899 | entity for goods or services of $1 million or more entered into | 
| 900 | or renewed on or after July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, must | 
| 901 | contain a provision that allows for the termination of such | 
| 902 | contract at the option of the awarding body if the company is | 
| 903 | found to have submitted a false certification as provided under | 
| 904 | subsection (5) or been placed on the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 905 | Activities in Sudan List or the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 906 | Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List. | 
| 907 | (b)  Any contract with an agency or local governmental | 
| 908 | entity for goods or services of $1 million or more entered into | 
| 909 | or renewed on or after July 1, 2012, must contain a provision | 
| 910 | that allows for the termination of such contract at the option | 
| 911 | of the awarding body if the company is found to have submitted a | 
| 912 | false certification as provided under subsection (5) or been | 
| 913 | placed on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan | 
| 914 | List, the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran | 
| 915 | Petroleum Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 916 | Activities in Cuba List, or the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 917 | Activities in Syria List. | 
| 918 | (4)  Notwithstanding subsection (2) or subsection (3), an | 
| 919 | agency or local governmental entity, on a case-by-case basis, | 
| 920 | may permit a company on the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 921 | Activities in Sudan List, orthe Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 922 | Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, the | 
| 923 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba List, or the | 
| 924 | Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List to be | 
| 925 | eligible for, bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or | 
| 926 | renew a contract for goods or services of $1 million or more | 
| 927 | under either ofthefollowingconditions set forth in paragraph | 
| 928 | (a) or the conditions set forth in paragraph (b): | 
| 929 | (a)1.  With respect to a company on the Scrutinized | 
| 930 | Companies with Activities in Sudan List or the Scrutinized | 
| 931 | Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector | 
| 932 | List, all of the following occur: | 
| 933 | a. 1.The scrutinized business operations were made before | 
| 934 | July 1, 2011. | 
| 935 | b. 2.The scrutinized business operations have not been | 
| 936 | expanded or renewed after July 1, 2011. | 
| 937 | c. 3.The agency or local governmental entity determines | 
| 938 | that it is in the best interest of the state or local community | 
| 939 | to contract with the company. | 
| 940 | d. 4.The company has adopted, has publicized, and is | 
| 941 | implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized business | 
| 942 | operations and to refrain from engaging in any new scrutinized | 
| 943 | business operations. | 
| 944 | 2.  With respect to a company on the Scrutinized Companies | 
| 945 | with Activities in Cuba List or the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 946 | Activities in Syria List, all of the following occur: | 
| 947 | a.  The scrutinized business operations were made before | 
| 948 | July 1, 2012. | 
| 949 | b.  The scrutinized business operations have not been | 
| 950 | expanded or renewed after July 1, 2012. | 
| 951 | c.  The agency or local governmental entity determines that | 
| 952 | it is in the best interest of the state or local community to | 
| 953 | contract with the company. | 
| 954 | d.  The company has adopted, has publicized, and is | 
| 955 | implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized business | 
| 956 | operations and to refrain from engaging in any new scrutinized | 
| 957 | business operations. | 
| 958 | (b)  One of the following occurs: | 
| 959 | 1.  The local governmental entity makes a public finding | 
| 960 | that, absent such an exemption, the local governmental entity | 
| 961 | would be unable to obtain the goods or services for which the | 
| 962 | contract is offered. | 
| 963 | 2.  For a contract with an executive agency, the Governor | 
| 964 | makes a public finding that, absent such an exemption, the | 
| 965 | agency would be unable to obtain the goods or services for which | 
| 966 | the contract is offered. | 
| 967 | 3.  For a contract with an office of a state constitutional | 
| 968 | officer other than the Governor, the state constitutional | 
| 969 | officer makes a public finding that, absent such an exemption, | 
| 970 | the office would be unable to obtain the goods or services for | 
| 971 | which the contract is offered. | 
| 972 | (5)  At the time a company submits a bid or proposal for a | 
| 973 | contract or before the company enters into or renews a contract | 
| 974 | with an agency or governmental entity for goods or services of | 
| 975 | $1 million or more, the company must certify that the company is | 
| 976 | not on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, | 
| 977 | orthe Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran | 
| 978 | Petroleum Energy Sector List, the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 979 | Activities in Cuba List, or the Scrutinized Companies with | 
| 980 | Activities in Syria List. | 
| 981 | (a)  If, after the agency or the local governmental entity | 
| 982 | determines, using credible information available to the public, | 
| 983 | that the company has submitted a false certification, the agency | 
| 984 | or local governmental entity shall provide the company with | 
| 985 | written notice of its determination. The company shall have 90 | 
| 986 | days following receipt of the notice to respond in writing and | 
| 987 | to demonstrate that the determination of false certification was | 
| 988 | made in error. If the company does not make such demonstration | 
| 989 | within 90 days after receipt of the notice, the agency or the | 
| 990 | local governmental entity shall bring a civil action against the | 
| 991 | company. If a civil action is brought and the court determines | 
| 992 | that the company submitted a false certification, the company | 
| 993 | shall pay the penalty described in subparagraph 1. and all | 
| 994 | reasonable attorney attorney'sfees and costs, including any | 
| 995 | costs for investigations that led to the finding of false | 
| 996 | certification. | 
| 997 | 1.  A civil penalty equal to the greater of $2 million or | 
| 998 | twice the amount of the contract for which the false | 
| 999 | certification was submitted shall be imposed. | 
| 1000 | 2.  The company is ineligible to bid on any contract with | 
| 1001 | an agency or local governmental entity for 3 years after the | 
| 1002 | date the agency or local governmental entity determined that the | 
| 1003 | company submitted a false certification. | 
| 1004 | (b)  A civil action to collect the penalties described in | 
| 1005 | paragraph (a) must commence within 3 years after the date the | 
| 1006 | false certification is submitted. | 
| 1007 | (6)  Only the agency or local governmental entity that is a | 
| 1008 | party to the contract may cause a civil action to be brought | 
| 1009 | under this section. This section does not create or authorize a | 
| 1010 | private right of action or enforcement of the penalties provided | 
| 1011 | in this section. An unsuccessful bidder, or any other person | 
| 1012 | other than the agency or local governmental entity, may not | 
| 1013 | protest the award of a contract or contract renewal on the basis | 
| 1014 | of a false certification. | 
| 1015 | (7)  This section preempts any ordinance or rule of any | 
| 1016 | agency or local governmental entity involving public contracts | 
| 1017 | for goods or services of $1 million or more with a company | 
| 1018 | engaged in scrutinized business operations. | 
| 1019 | (8)  The department shall submit to the Attorney General of | 
| 1020 | the United States a written notice: | 
| 1021 | (a)  Describing this section within 30 days after July 1, | 
| 1022 | 2011. | 
| 1023 | (b)  Within 30 days after July 1, 2012, apprising the | 
| 1024 | Attorney General of the United States of the inclusion of | 
| 1025 | companies on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Cuba | 
| 1026 | List and the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Syria List | 
| 1027 | within the provisions of this section. | 
| 1028 | (9)  This section becomes inoperative on the date that | 
| 1029 | federal law ceases to authorize the states to adopt and enforce | 
| 1030 | the contracting prohibitions of the type provided for in this | 
| 1031 | section. | 
| 1032 | Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |