PRINTER'S NO. 985
No. 867 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY MURPHY, O'DONNELL, KUKOVICH, ITKIN, MICHLOVIC, FEE, McNALLY, PERZEL, WASS, JOSEPHS, ROBINSON, KOSINSKI, PRESSMANN, KENNEY, STISH, MAYERNIK, GANNON, BLAUM, TRELLO, CAWLEY, LEVDANSKY, VEON, CORRIGAN AND PISTELLA, APRIL 3, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, APRIL 3, 1989
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 24 (Education) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, placing limitations on investments in companies 3 doing business in or with Northern Ireland. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 24 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 8526. Northern Ireland-related investments. 9 (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 10 law, on and after the effective date of this section, any moneys 11 or assets of the fund which shall remain or be invested in the 12 stocks, securities or other obligations of any institution or 13 company doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with 14 agencies or instrumentalities thereof, shall be invested subject 15 to the provisions of subsection (c). 16 (b) Annual review.--On or before January 1 of each year, the 17 board shall determine the existence of affirmative action taken
1 by institutions or companies doing business in Northern Ireland 2 to eliminate ethnic or religious discrimination, based on 3 actions taken for: 4 (1) Increasing the representation of individuals from 5 underrepresented religious groups in the work force, 6 including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical 7 and technical jobs. 8 (2) Providing adequate security for the protection of 9 minority employees, both at the workplace and while traveling 10 to and from work. 11 (3) The banning of provocative religious or political 12 emblems from the workplace. 13 (4) Publicly advertising all job openings and making 14 special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from 15 underrepresented religious groups. 16 (5) Providing that layoff, recall and termination 17 procedures should not, in practice, favor particular 18 religious groupings. 19 (6) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship 20 restrictions and differential employment criteria which 21 discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin. 22 (7) The development of training programs that will 23 prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for 24 skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs 25 and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and 26 improve the skills of minority employees. 27 (8) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify 28 and actively recruit minority employees with potential for 29 further advancement. 30 (9) The appointment of senior management staff members 19890H0867B0985 - 2 -
1 to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of 2 timetables to carry out affirmative action principles. 3 (c) Investments.--Consistent with sound investment policy, 4 the board shall invest the assets of the fund in such a manner 5 that the investments in institutions doing business in or with 6 Northern Ireland shall reflect the advances made by such 7 institutions in eliminating discrimination as established 8 pursuant to subsection (b). 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. A23L24JRW/19890H0867B0985 - 3 -