H. B. 4516
(By Delegates Flanigan and Prunty)
[Introduced February 18, 2002; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-b,
relating to prohibiting the state from purchasing from any
foreign country designated a terrorist country or supporter of
a terrorist country by the president of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-b,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-10b. Prohibition from awarding contracts to vendors designated terrorist countries by the president of
the United States.
No contract or renewal of any contract may be awarded under
this article to any vendor or prospective vendor when the vendor or
prospective vendor or a related party to the vendor or prospective
vendor is a terrorist country or country that supports terrorists
or terrorism as identified by the president of the United States.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
prohibit the state from
purchasing from any foreign country designated a terrorist country
or supporter of terrorists by the President of the United States.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.