Florida Senate - 2010 SB 2520
By Senator Deutch
30-01329-10 20102520__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to restrictions on business entities
3 doing business with Iran; providing definitions;
4 prohibiting the state from entering into, awarding, or
5 renewing a contract or purchasing agreement for
6 commodities or contractual services with, or receiving
7 or soliciting proposals for the acquisition of
8 commodities or contractual services from, any business
9 entity doing business with Iran; providing for the
10 cessation of such prohibition under specified
11 circumstances; directing the Department of State, in
12 conjunction with the Department of Management
13 Services, the Department of Business and Professional
14 Regulation, the Department of Legal Affairs, and the
15 State Board of Administration, to develop a mechanism
16 for the identification of business entities doing
17 business with the nation of Iran and for the
18 enforcement of the act; providing an effective date.
19
20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
21
22 Section 1. Restrictions on business entities doing business
23 with Iran.—
24 (1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
25 (a) “Business entity” means:
26 1. Any proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise,
27 organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint
28 venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
29 limited liability company, trust, or other entity or business
30 association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority
31 owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates of such
32 entities or business associations; or
33 2. Any self-employed individual,
34
35 whether fictitiously named or not, doing business in this state,
36 which exists for the purpose of making a profit.
37 (b) “Doing business with Iran” means:
38 1. Engaging in commerce in any form with Iran, including,
39 but not limited to, acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning,
40 selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment,
41 facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property,
42 real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce.
43 2. Engaging in or in any way benefiting from dealings with,
44 or activities related to or involving, the nation of Iran.
45 (c) “Iran” means the Islamic Republic of Iran and includes
46 the government of Iran, its instrumentalities, and companies
47 owned or controlled by the government of Iran.
48 (2) PROHIBITED CONTRACTS.—The state may not enter into,
49 award, or renew a contract or purchasing agreement for
50 commodities or contractual services with, or receive or solicit
51 proposals for the acquisition of commodities or contractual
52 services from, any business entity doing business, either
53 directly or indirectly, with Iran.
54 (3) CESSATION OF PROHIBITION.—The prohibition under
55 subsection (2) is removed if the Congress or the President of
56 the United States affirmatively and unambiguously declares, by
57 means including, but not limited to, legislation, executive
58 order, or written certification from the President to Congress,
59 that the prohibition of contracts, awards, and agreements
60 provided in subsection (2) interferes with the conduct of United
61 States foreign policy.
62 (4) IDENTIFICATION OF BUSINESS ENTITIES; ENFORCEMENT.—The
63 Department of State, in conjunction with the Department of
64 Management Services, the Department of Business and Professional
65 Regulation, the Department of Legal Affairs, and the State Board
66 of Administration, shall develop a mechanism for the
67 identification of business entities doing business with the
68 nation of Iran and for the enforcement of this section.
69 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.