highwhey
07-23-2025, 08:19 PM
35-393.01. Contracting; procurement; investment; prohibitions
A. A public entity may not enter into a contract with a value of $100,000 or more with a company to acquire or dispose of services, supplies, information technology or construction unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract to not engage in, a boycott of goods or services from Israel.
B. A public entity may not adopt a procurement, investment or other policy that has the effect of inducing or requiring a person or company to boycott Israel.
Source (https://www.azleg.gov/ars/35/00393-01.htm)
Came across a public works project with this stipulation in it's vendor's requirements package. I google'd the statute to verify it was real and sure enough, it is. How state legislators decided this was an important law -- being 7,400 miles away from Israel -- is beyond me. :oldlol:
A. A public entity may not enter into a contract with a value of $100,000 or more with a company to acquire or dispose of services, supplies, information technology or construction unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract to not engage in, a boycott of goods or services from Israel.
B. A public entity may not adopt a procurement, investment or other policy that has the effect of inducing or requiring a person or company to boycott Israel.
Source (https://www.azleg.gov/ars/35/00393-01.htm)
Came across a public works project with this stipulation in it's vendor's requirements package. I google'd the statute to verify it was real and sure enough, it is. How state legislators decided this was an important law -- being 7,400 miles away from Israel -- is beyond me. :oldlol: