Mike Feuer
- Democratic
Author
Existing law sets forth the requirements for the solicitation and evaluation of bids and the awarding of contracts by public entities. The federal Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, which became Public Law 111-195 on July 1, 2010, authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures meeting certain requirements, to divest the assets of the state or local government from, or prohibit the investment of those assets in, any person that the state or local government, using credible information available to the public, determines to be engaged in investment activities in Iran. The federal act specifies that an investment includes the entry into, or renewal of, a contract for goods or services, and that such a measure is not preempted by any federal law or regulation. Pursuant to this authority, this bill would prohibit a person that provides goods or services of $20,000,000 or more in the energy sector of Iran, as identified on a list created by the Department of General Services, or a financial institution that extends $20,000,000 or more in credit to such a person, from bidding on or entering into or renewing a contract for goods or services of $1,000,000 or more with a public entity, as specified. This bill would, by June 1, 2011, require the Department of General Services to, using credible information available to the public, develop, or contract to develop, a list of persons it determines provide goods or services of $20,000,000 or more in the energy sector of Iran. This bill would, before a person is included on the list, require the Department of General Services to provide 90 days' written notice of its intent to include the person on the list and to inform the person that inclusion on the list would make the person ineligible to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew, a contract for goods and services of $1,000,000 or more with a public entity, and would require the department to provide the person with an opportunity to comment in writing that it is not engaged in investment activities in Iran. This bill would require a prospective bidder for those contracts to certify that it is not identified on a list created by the Department of General Services, or a financial institution that extends $20,000,000 or more in credit to such a person, as provided, and would impose penalties, as specified, for a person that provides a false certification. This bill would require a local public entity, or the Department of General Services in the case of state contracts, to provide a person with 90 days' written notice and an opportunity to comment in writing before the penalties are imposed. The bill would allow a public entity, under specified conditions, to permit a person engaged in investment activities in Iran to be eligible for, to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enter into or renew, a contract for goods or services. This bill would preempt any law, ordinance, rules, or regulation of any local public entity involving contracts for goods or services of $1,000,000 or more with a person engaged in investment activities in Iran. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding a statewide concern. This bill would become inoperative upon the date that federal authorization ceases.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2010.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 5084.)
Ordered to third reading.
Withdrawn from committee.
(Corrected September 8.)
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended.
(Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 5058.)
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6954.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on RLS. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5398.)
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (February 16).
Re-referred to Com. on JUD. by unanimous consent, and then be re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1650 | HTML |
| 01/13/10 - Introduced | |
| 02/23/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/13/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/27/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/01/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/02/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/04/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/13/10 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/10 - Chaptered |
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