2013 Indiana Code TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE 10.2. PUBLIC RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY BENEFITS CHAPTER 10. DIVESTMENT FROM STATES THAT SPONSOR TERROR
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IC 5-10.2-10
Chapter 10. Divestment From States That Sponsor Terror
IC 5-10.2-10-0.3
General assembly findings
Sec. 0.3. The general assembly finds the following:
(1) Mandatory divestment by the funds of the funds' holdings in
certain companies is a measure that should be employed only
under extraordinary circumstances.
(2) States that are designated as a state sponsor of terror by the
Secretary of State of the United States are providing military,
financial, political, diplomatic, and organizational aid to known
terrorist groups.
(3) Support for terrorism and the acquisition of weapons of
mass destruction represent a grave threat to the security of the
United States and to the citizens of Indiana.
(4) The threat from terrorism to the security of the United States
and to the citizens of Indiana constitutes the extraordinary
circumstances necessary for mandatory divestment by the funds
of the funds' holdings in scrutinized companies with active
business operations in a state sponsor of terror.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.76.
IC 5-10.2-10-1
Requirements for mandatory divestment
Sec. 1. The requirements for mandatory divestment contained in
this chapter are separate and distinct from the requirements for
mandatory divestment contained in IC 5-10.2-9.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-2
"Active business operations"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "active business operations" means
all business operations that are not inactive business operations.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-3
"Board"
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "board" refers to the board of
trustees of the Indiana public retirement system established by
IC 5-10.5-3-1.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.23-2011, SEC.12.
IC 5-10.2-10-4
"Business operations"
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "business operations" means
engaging in any commerce in any form in a state that sponsors terror.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-5
"Company"
Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "company" means any of the
following:
(1) A sole proprietorship.
(2) An organization.
(3) An association.
(4) A corporation.
(5) A partnership.
(6) A joint venture.
(7) A limited partnership.
(8) A limited liability partnership.
(9) A limited liability company.
(10) A business association.
(b) The term includes all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority
owned subsidiaries, parent companies, and affiliates of such entities
or business associations that exist for profit making purposes.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-6
"Cost of divestment"
Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "cost of divestment" means the
sum of the following:
(1) The costs associated with the sale, redemption, divestment,
or withdrawal of an investment.
(2) The costs associated with the acquisition and maintenance
of a replacement investment.
(3) A cost not described in subdivision (1) or (2) that is incurred
by the fund (before July 1, 2011) or system in connection with
a divestment transaction.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.66.
IC 5-10.2-10-7
"Direct holdings"
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "direct holdings" means all
securities of a company held directly by a fund (before July 1, 2011)
or the system on behalf of a fund or in an account in which the fund
(before July 1, 2011) or the system on behalf of the fund owns all
shares or interests.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.67.
IC 5-10.2-10-8
"Fund"
Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the following:
(1) The Indiana state teachers' retirement fund.
(2) The public employees' retirement fund.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-9
"Inactive business operations"
Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "inactive business operations"
means the mere continued holding or renewal of rights to property
previously operated to generate revenues but not presently deployed
for that purpose.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-10
"Indirect holdings"
Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "indirect holdings" means all
securities of a company that are:
(1) held in an account or a fund; and
(2) managed by one (1) or more persons:
(A) who are not employed by the fund (before July 1, 2011)
or system; and
(B) in which the fund (before July 1, 2011) or the system on
behalf of the fund owns shares or interests together with
other investors not subject to this chapter.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.68.
IC 5-10.2-10-10.2
"Military equipment"
Sec. 10.2. (a) As used in this chapter, "military equipment" means
weapons, arms, or military defense supplies provided directly or
indirectly to any force of a state sponsor of terror. The term includes
any equipment that readily may be used for military purposes,
including:
(1) radar systems; or
(2) military grade transport vehicles.
(b) The term does not include weapons, arms, or military defense
supplies sold to peacekeeping forces that may be dispatched to a state
sponsor of terror by the United Nations or the African Union.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-10.4
"Mineral extraction activities"
Sec. 10.4. (a) As used in this chapter, "mineral extraction
activities" means the exploration, extraction, processing,
transporting, or wholesale sale of elemental minerals or associated
metals or oxides, including:
(1) gold;
(2) copper;
(3) chromium;
(4) chromite;
(5) diamonds;
(6) iron;
(7) iron ore;
(8) silver;
(9) tungsten;
(10) uranium; and
(11) zinc.
(b) The term includes the facilitation of mineral extraction
activities, including the provision of supplies or services in support
of mineral extraction activities.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-10.6
"Oil related activities"
Sec. 10.6. (a) As used in this chapter, "oil related activities"
includes:
(1) the export of oil;
(2) the extraction of or production of oil;
(3) the exploration for oil;
(4) the ownership of rights to oil blocks;
(5) the refining or processing of oil;
(6) the transportation of oil;
(7) the selling or trading of oil; or
(8) the construction or maintenance of a pipeline, a refinery, or
another oil field infrastructure.
(b) The term includes the facilitation of oil related activities,
including the provision of supplies or services in support of oil
related activities. The mere retail sale of gasoline and related
consumer products is not considered an oil related activity.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-10.8
"Power production activities"
Sec. 10.8. As used in this chapter, "power production activities"
means any business operation that involves a project commissioned
by a state sponsor of terror whose purpose is to facilitate power
generation and delivery. The term includes the following:
(1) Establishing power generating plants or hydroelectric dams.
(2) Selling or installing components for power generating plants
or hydroelectric dams.
(3) Providing service contracts related to the installation or
maintenance of power generating plants or hydroelectric dams.
(4) Facilitating power production activities, including providing
supplies or services in support of power production activities.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-11
"Private market fund"
Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "private market fund" means any:
(1) private equity fund;
(2) private equity fund of funds;
(3) venture capital fund;
(4) hedge fund;
(5) hedge fund of funds;
(6) real estate fund; or
(7) investment vehicle;
that is not publicly traded.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-12
"Scrutinized business operations"
Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "scrutinized business operations"
means business operations that have caused a company to become a
scrutinized company.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-13
"Scrutinized company"
Sec. 13. (a) As used in this chapter, "scrutinized company" means
a company that meets any of the following criteria:
(1) Both of the following apply to the company:
(A) The company has business operations that involve
contracts with or the provision of supplies or services to:
(i) a state sponsor of terror;
(ii) companies in which a state sponsor of terror has any
direct or indirect equity share;
(iii) consortiums or projects commissioned by a state
sponsor of terror; or
(iv) companies involved in consortiums or projects
commissioned by a state sponsor of terror.
(B) Either:
(i) more than ten percent (10%) of the company's revenues
or assets is linked to a state sponsor of terror involve oil
related activities or mineral extraction activities; or
(ii) more than ten percent (10%) of the company's
revenues or assets is linked to a state sponsor of terror
involve power production activities.
(2) The company supplies military equipment to a state sponsor
of terror, unless the company implements safeguards to prevent
the use of the equipment by forces actively participating in an
armed conflict in a state sponsor of terror. This subdivision
does not apply to companies involved in the sale of military
equipment solely to any internationally recognized
peacekeeping force or humanitarian organization.
(b) The term does not include a social development company.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-14
"Social development company"
Sec. 14. (a) As used in this chapter, "social development
company" means a company that is:
(1) licensed by the United States Department of Treasury under
the Federal Trade Sanction Reform and Export Enhancement
Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-387); or
(2) lawfully operating under the laws of another country whose
primary purpose in a state sponsor of terror is to provide
humanitarian goods or services.
(b) A company described in subsection (a)(2) includes a company
whose primary purpose is to provide:
(1) food;
(2) medicine or medical equipment;
(3) agricultural supplies or infrastructure;
(4) educational opportunities;
(5) journalism related activities;
(6) spiritual related activities or materials;
(7) information or information materials;
(8) general consumer goods; or
(9) services of a purely clerical or reporting nature;
to aid the inhabitants of a state sponsor of terror.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-15
"State sponsor of terror"
Sec. 15. As used in this chapter, "state sponsor of terror" means
a country determined by the Secretary of State of the United States
to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-16
"Substantial action"
Sec. 16. As used in this chapter, "substantial action" means
adopting, publicizing, and implementing a formal plan to cease
scrutinized business operations within one (1) year and to refrain
from any new business operations.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-16.5
"System"
Sec. 16.5. As used in this chapter, "system" refers to the Indiana
public retirement system established by IC 5-10.5-2-1.
As added by P.L.35-2012, SEC.69.
IC 5-10.2-10-17
Identification of scrutinized companies
Sec. 17. (a) Not later than March 30, 2010, the board shall make
a good faith effort to identify all scrutinized companies in which a
fund has direct or indirect holdings.
(b) In carrying out its responsibilities under subsection (a), the
board may use existing research or contract with a research firm.
(c) A board or a research firm with which the board contracts
under subsection (b) may take any of the following actions:
(1) Review publicly available information regarding companies
with business operations in states that sponsor terror.
(2) Contact other institutional investors that have divested from
or invest in companies with business operations in states that
sponsor terror.
(3) Contact asset managers that are contracted by the fund and
that invest in companies with business operations in states that
sponsor terror.
(d) Not later than the first meeting of the board after March 30,
2010, the board shall compile the names of all scrutinized companies
into a scrutinized company list and indicate whether each scrutinized
company has active or inactive business operations in a state sponsor
of terror.
(e) The board shall update its scrutinized company list at least on
an annual basis based on evolving information from sources
described in subsections (b) and (c).
(f) If the Secretary of State of the United States determines that a
country is a state sponsor of terror after June 30, 2009, the board
shall add any additional scrutinized company resulting from the
Secretary of State's determination when the board updates its
scrutinized company list under subsection (e).
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.70.
IC 5-10.2-10-18
Identification of holdings
Sec. 18. After the board creates or updates the scrutinized
company list under section 17 of this chapter, the board shall
immediately identify the companies on the scrutinized company list
in which a fund has direct or indirect holdings.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.71.
IC 5-10.2-10-19
Notice to scrutinized company with inactive business operations
Sec. 19. (a) Each fund (before July 1, 2011) or the board shall
send to each scrutinized company:
(1) that is identified under section 18 of this chapter as one in
which a fund has direct or indirect holdings; and
(2) that has only inactive business operations;
a written notice concerning the provisions of this chapter and a
statement encouraging the company to continue to refrain from
initiating active business operations in a state sponsor of terror until
the company is able to avoid scrutinized business operations
altogether.
(b) Each fund (before July 1, 2011) or the board shall continue to
correspond on a semiannual basis with scrutinized companies:
(1) in which a fund has direct or indirect holdings; and
(2) that have only inactive business operations.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.72.
IC 5-10.2-10-20
Notice to scrutinized company with active business operations
Sec. 20. (a) Each fund (before July 1, 2011) or the board shall
send to each scrutinized company:
(1) that is identified under section 18 of this chapter as one in
which a fund has direct or indirect holdings; and
(2) that has active business operations;
a written notice concerning the contents of this chapter and a
statement indicating that a fund's holdings in the company may
become subject to divestment by the fund (before July 1, 2011) or
system.
(b) A notice sent under this section must:
(1) offer the company the opportunity to clarify the company's
state sponsor of terror related activities; and
(2) encourage the company to:
(A) cease its scrutinized business operations; or
(B) convert the company's operations to inactive business
operations in order to avoid divestment by the fund (before
July 1, 2011) or system of a fund's holdings in the company;
not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of
the notice.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.73.
IC 5-10.2-10-21
Compliance by a scrutinized company
Sec. 21. (a) If, within one hundred eighty (180) days after a fund
(before July 1, 2011) or the system first sends written notice to a
company under section 20 of this chapter, the company ceases
scrutinized business operations, the company shall be removed from
a fund's scrutinized company list, and sections 22, 23, 24, and 25 of
this chapter do not apply to the company unless the company
resumes scrutinized business operations.
(b) If, within one hundred eighty (180) days after a fund (before
July 1, 2011) or the system first sends written notice to a company
under section 20 of this chapter, the company converts its scrutinized
active business operations to inactive business operations, the
company is subject to section 19 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.74.
IC 5-10.2-10-22
Divestment; exemption for certain commingled funds
Sec. 22. (a) Except as provided in sections 24 and 25 of this
chapter, if a company continues to have scrutinized active business
operations one hundred eighty (180) days after a fund (before July 1,
2011) or the system first sends written notice to the company under
section 20 of this chapter, the fund shall sell, redeem, divest, or
withdraw all publicly traded securities of the company that are held
by a fund, as follows:
(1) At least fifty percent (50%) of the securities shall be
removed from a fund's assets under management within three
(3) years after the company's appearance on the scrutinized
company list.
(2) At least seventy-five percent (75%) of the securities shall be
removed from a fund's assets under management within four (4)
years after the company's appearance on the scrutinized
company list.
(3) One hundred percent (100%) of the securities shall be
removed from a fund's assets under management within five (5)
years after the company's appearance on the scrutinized
company list.
(b) If a company that ceased scrutinized active business
operations following engagement under section 20 of this chapter
resumes scrutinized active business operations, the company shall
immediately be placed on the scrutinized company list and shall
remain on the scrutinized company list while the company continues
to have active business operations. If a fund has holdings in the
company, the fund (before July 1, 2011) or the system shall send a
written notice to the company as described in section 20 of this
chapter indicating that the company has been placed on the
scrutinized company list and is subject to divestment. The fund
(before July 1, 2011) or system shall sell, redeem, divest, or
withdraw all publicly traded securities of the company as provided
in subsection (a) based on the date the company is placed back on the
scrutinized company list.
(c) The board is not required to divest the board's holdings in a
passively managed commingled fund that includes a scrutinized
company with active business operations in a state sponsor of terror
if the estimated cost of divestment of the commingled fund is greater
than ten percent (10%) of the total value of the scrutinized
companies with active business operations held in the commingled
fund. The board shall include any commingled fund that includes a
scrutinized company that is exempted from divestment under this
subsection in the board's report submitted to the legislative council
under section 26 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.75.
IC 5-10.2-10-23
Acquisition of securities containing scrutinized companies
Sec. 23. Except as provided in sections 24 and 25 of this chapter:
(1) before July 1, 2011, a fund shall not acquire; and
(2) after June 30, 2011, the system shall not acquire for a fund;
securities of companies on the scrutinized company list that have
active business operations.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.76.
IC 5-10.2-10-24
Scrutinized company excluded from federal sanctions
Sec. 24. If the government of the United States declares that a
company on the scrutinized company list with active business
operations in a state sponsor of terror is excluded from any federal
sanctions relating to a state sponsor of terror, the company is not
subject to divestment or investment prohibition under this chapter.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-25
Exclusion of indirect holdings in a private market fund
Sec. 25. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, sections
22 and 23 of this chapter do not apply to indirect holdings in a
private market fund that includes a scrutinized company with active
business operations in a state sponsor of terror.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-25.5
Exclusion of indirect holdings in actively managed investment
funds
Sec. 25.5. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, sections
22 and 23 of this chapter do not apply to indirect holdings in actively
managed investment funds. However, if a fund has indirect holdings
in actively managed investment funds containing the securities of
scrutinized companies with active business operations, the fund
(before July 1, 2011) or board shall submit letters to the managers of
the investment funds requesting that the managers remove the
scrutinized companies with active business operations from the fund
or create a similar actively managed fund with indirect holdings
without scrutinized companies with active business operations. If the
manager creates a similar fund, the fund (before July 1, 2011) or
board shall replace all applicable investments with investments in the
similar fund in a period consistent with prudent investing standards.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.77.
IC 5-10.2-10-26
Report to legislative council
Sec. 26. (a) On or before November 1, 2010, and thereafter as
directed by the legislative council, the board shall submit a report in
an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the legislative council.
Notwithstanding IC 5-14-6-4(b)(2), the submission of a report under
this subsection to the executive director of the legislative services
agency fulfills the board's requirement to send a copy of the report
to each member of the general assembly using the member's senate
or house of representatives electronic mail address.
(b) A report submitted by the board under this section must
include at least the following information, as of the date of the
report:
(1) A copy of the fund's scrutinized company list.
(2) A summary of correspondence between the board and
companies under sections 19 and 20 of this chapter.
(3) All investments sold, redeemed, divested, or withdrawn by
the board in compliance with section 22 of this chapter.
(4) All commingled funds that are exempted from divestment
under section 22 of this chapter.
(5) All companies whose securities the system is prohibited
from acquiring under section 23 of this chapter.
(6) Any progress made under section 21 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.78.
IC 5-10.2-10-27
Expiration of chapter
Sec. 27. The provisions of this chapter regarding any country
determined to be a state sponsor of terror cease to apply to that
country on the earlier of the following:
(1) The date the Secretary of State of the United States removes
the country from its official list of state sponsors of terrorism.
(2) The date Congress or the President of the United States,
through legislation or executive order, declares that mandatory
divestment of the type provided for in this chapter interferes
with the conduct of foreign policy of the United States.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
IC 5-10.2-10-28
Exemption from conflicting statutory or common law obligations
Sec. 28. With respect to actions taken in compliance with this
chapter, including all good faith determinations regarding companies
on the scrutinized company list, a fund (before July 1, 2011) or the
system is exempt from any conflicting statutory or common law
obligations, including any obligations with respect to choice of asset
managers, investment funds, or investments for fund securities
portfolios.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.79.
IC 5-10.2-10-29
Immunity; liability of the fund and its agents
Sec. 29. (a) Both:
(1) the state and its officers, agents, and employees; and
(2) each fund (before July 1, 2011) or the system and its board
members, executive director, officers, agents, and employees;
are immune from civil liability for any act or omission related to the
removal of an asset from a fund under this chapter.
(b) In addition to the immunity provided under subsection (a),
both:
(1) the officers, agents, and employees of the state; and
(2) the board members, executive director, officers, agents, and
employees of a fund (before July 1, 2011) or the system;
are entitled to indemnification from the fund for all losses, costs, and
expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, associated with
defending against any claim or suit relating to an act authorized
under this chapter.
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2012, SEC.80.
IC 5-10.2-10-30
Severability
Sec. 30. The provisions of this chapter are severable in the manner
provided in IC 1-1-1-8(b).
As added by P.L.67-2009, SEC.1.
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