US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  6-114  Participation in an international boycott. a. Every contract
  for or on  behalf  of  the  city  for  the  manufacture,  furnishing  or
  purchasing  of  supplies, material or equipment or for the furnishing of
  work, labor or services, in an amount exceeding five  thousand  dollars,
  shall contain a stipulation, as a material condition of the contract, by
  which  the  contractor  agrees  that  neither  the  contractor  nor  any
  substantially-owned  affiliated  company  is  participating   or   shall
  participate  in  an international boycott in violation of the provisions
  of the export administration act  of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-nine,  as
  amended,  or the regulations of the United States department of commerce
  promulgated thereunder.
    b. Upon the final determination by  the  commerce  department  or  any
  other agency of the United States as to, or conviction of any contractor
  or  substantially-owned  affiliated company thereof, participation in an
  international boycott in violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  export
  administration  act  of  nineteen hundred sixty-nine, as amended, or the
  regulations promulgated thereunder, the comptroller may, at his  or  her
  option,  render  forfeit and void any contract containing the conditions
  specified in this section. In  those  instances  where  the  comptroller
  determines  that  no action shall be taken pursuant to this section, the
  comptroller shall report the basis therefore to the city council.
    c. Nothing contained herein  shall  operate  to  impair  any  existing
  contract,  except  that  any  renewal, amendment or modification of such
  contract occurring on or after the fourth of November, nineteen  hundred
  seventy-eight  shall  be  subject  to  the  conditions specified in this
  section.
    d. The comptroller shall have the power to issue rules and regulations
  pursuant to this section.