Bill Text: MO HB1810 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Iran Energy Divestment Act which bars any person or entity that invests in the energy sector in Iran from contracting with the state and political subdivisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Voted Do Pass (H) [HB1810 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HB1810-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES JONES (89) (Sponsor) AND TALBOY (Co-sponsor).
5943L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 34, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to restricting public contracts with entities that invest in the energy sector in Iran.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 34, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 34.225, to read as follows:
34.225. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Iran Energy Divestment Act".
2. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Awarding body", a department, board, agency, authority, or officer, agent, or other authorized representative of the public entity awarding a contract for goods or services;
(2) "Energy sector", activities to develop petroleum or natural gas resources or nuclear power;
(3) "Financial institution", the term as used in Section 14(5) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended;
(4) "Iran", any agency or instrumentality of Iran;
(5) "Person", any of the following:
(a) A natural person, corporation, company, limited liability company, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group;
(b) Any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including a multilateral development institution, as defined in Section 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3)), as amended;
(c) Any successor, subunit, parent company, or subsidiary of, or company under common ownership or control with, any entity described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection;
(6) "Proscribed investor", a person that engages in investment activities in the energy sector in Iran. A person engages in investment activities in the energy sector in Iran if any of the following is true:
(a) The person has an investment of twenty million dollars or more in the energy sector in Iran;
(b) The person provides oil or liquified natural gas tankers, or products used to construct or maintain pipelines used to transport oil or liquified natural gas, for the energy sector in Iran;
(c) The person is a financial institution that extends twenty million dollars or more in credit to another person, for forty-five days or more, if that person will use the credit to invest in the energy sector in Iran;
(7) "Public entity", the state or any officer, official, authority, board, or commission of the state and any county, city, or other political subdivision of the state, or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds.
3. A proscribed investor is ineligible to, and shall not, bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into, a contract with a public entity for goods or services.
4. A public entity shall require a person that submits a bid or proposal to, or otherwise proposes to enter into a contract with, a public entity with respect to a contract for goods or services, that currently or within the previous three years has had business activities or other operations outside of the United States, to certify that the person is not a proscribed investor.
5. (1) If the awarding body determines that a person has submitted a false certification under subsection 4 of this section, the person shall be subject to the following:
(a) Pursuant to an action under subdivision (2) of this subsection, a civil penalty in an amount that is equal to the greater of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or twice the amount of the contract for which the false certification was made;
(b) Termination, without penalty, of an existing contract with the awarding body at the option of the awarding body;
(c) Ineligibility to bid on, or enter into, a contract with a public entity for a period of three years from the date of the determination that the person submitted the false certification.
(2) The awarding body shall report to the attorney general the name of the person that the awarding body determines has submitted a false certification, together with its information as to the false certification, and the attorney general shall determine whether to bring a civil action against the person to collect the penalty described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection. If it is determined in the action that the person submitted a false certification, the person shall pay all costs and fees the plaintiff incurred in a civil action, including costs incurred by the awarding body for investigations that led to the finding of the false certification and all costs and fees incurred by the attorney general.
6. (1) If the awarding body determines that a person that has an existing contract with the awarding body, has submitted a pending bid or contract proposal to, or otherwise proposes to enter into a contract with the awarding body by using credible information available to the public and determines that the person is a proscribed investor, the awarding body shall provide ninety days written notice of its intent to not enter into or renew a contract for goods or services with the person. The notice shall specify that the person may become eligible for a future contract for goods or services with the awarding body if it ceases its engagement in investment activities in the energy sector in Iran.
(2) The awarding body shall provide a person determined to be a proscribed investor with an opportunity to demonstrate to the awarding body that it is not engaged in investment activities in the energy sector in Iran. If the awarding body determines that the person is not engaged in investment activities in the energy sector in Iran, the person shall be eligible to enter into or renew a contract for goods or services with the awarding body.
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