(30 ILCS 500/50-36) Sec. 50-36. Disclosure of business in Iran. (a) As used in this Section:
"Business operations" means engaging in commerce
in any form in Iran, including, but not limited to,
acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling,
possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities,
personnel, products, services, personal property, real
property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce. "Company" means any sole proprietorship,
organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
limited liability company, or other entity or business
association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries,
majority-owned subsidiaries, parent companies, or affiliates
of those entities or business associations, that exists for
the purpose of making profit. "Mineral-extraction activities" include exploring,
extracting, processing, transporting, or wholesale selling or
trading of elemental minerals or associated metal alloys or
oxides (ore), including gold, copper, chromium, chromite,
diamonds, iron, iron ore, silver, tungsten, uranium, and zinc. "Oil-related activities" include, but are not
limited to, owning rights to oil blocks; exporting,
extracting, producing, refining, processing, exploring for,
transporting, selling, or trading of oil; and constructing,
maintaining, or operating a pipeline, refinery, or other
oil-field infrastructure. The mere retail sale of gasoline and
related consumer products is not considered an oil-related
activity. "Petroleum resources" means petroleum, petroleum
byproducts, or natural gas. "Substantial action" means adopting, publicizing,
and implementing a formal plan to cease scrutinized business
operations within one year and to refrain from any such new
business operations. (b) Each bid or offer submitted for a State contract, other than a small purchase defined in Section 20-20, shall include a disclosure of whether or not the bidder, offeror, or any of its corporate parents or subsidiaries, within the 24 months before submission of the bid or offer had
business operations that involved contracts with or provision
of supplies or services to the Government of Iran, companies
in which the Government of Iran has any direct or indirect
equity share, consortiums or projects commissioned by the
Government of Iran, or companies involved in consortiums or
projects commissioned by the Government of Iran and: (1) more than 10% of the company's revenues produced |