5-Texas House Bill 89.pdf
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- Denton County, Texas
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This is a Texas House Bill 89 Verification Form related to a health and welfare employee benefits insurance procurement by the City of Corinth, Texas. The document establishes compliance requirements for contractors bidding on the City's medical/RX, and dental insurance plans. The City is soliciting proposals from licensed health insurance providers to furnish comprehensive employee benefits programs. The procurement permits multiple contract awards across different coverage types, and respondents may receive contracts for individual coverages even if they submitted proposals for multiple plans. Supporting documentation including Medical Claims Experience, Dental Claims Experience, Provider Disruption, and Census data is available from Brooke Bare, Marketing Assistant at HUB International (brooke.bare@hubinternational.com).
Under Texas Government Code Chapter 2270, effective September 1, 2017, all companies responding to this solicitation must submit written verification that they do not currently boycott Israel and will not boycott Israel during the contract term. The verification form requires an authorized official to certify under oath that the company is not listed on the State of Texas Comptroller's Companies that Boycott Israel List. For purposes of this requirement, "boycott Israel" is defined as refusing to deal with or taking action intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel or entities conducting business in Israel or Israeli-controlled territories, excluding actions taken for ordinary business purposes. All bidding entities must complete and submit this certification as a condition of contract eligibility.
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TEXAS HOUSE BILL 89
Solicitation # ____________
House Bill 89 Verification Form Prohibition on Contracts with Companies Boycotting Israel The 85th Texas Legislature approved new legislation, effective Sept. 1, 2017, which amends Texas Local Government Code Section 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code by adding Chapter 2270 which states that a governmental entity may not enter into a contract with a company for goods or services unless the contract contains a written verification from the company that it:
1) does not boycott Israel; and
2) will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract
Pursuant to Section 2270.001, Texas Government Code:
1. “Boycott Israel” means refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations specifically with Israel, or with a person or entity doing business in Israel or in an Israeli-controlled territory, but does not include an action made for ordinary business purposes; and
2. “Company” means a for-profit sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or any limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate of those entities or business associations that exist to make a profit.
I, (authorized official) ___________________________________________, do hereby depose and verify the truthfulness and accuracy of the contents of the statements submitted on this certification under the provisions of Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code Chapter 2270 and that the company named below:
1) does not boycott Israel currently; and
2) will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract; and
3) is not currently listed on the State of Texas Comptroller’s Companies that Boycott Israel List located at https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/publications/divestment.php
Company Name
Signature of Authorized Official
Title of Authorized Official https://comptroller.texas.gov/purchasing/publications/divestment.php
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