PRINTER'S NO. 623
No. 585 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY FISHER, SALVATORE, DAWIDA, HELFRICK, BODACK,
STOUT, ANDREZESKI, PORTERFIELD, RHOADES AND FUMO,
FEBRUARY 21, 1989
REFERRED TO FINANCE, FEBRUARY 21, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, placing limitations on investments in
3 companies 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 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5940. 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
18 by institutions or companies doing business in Northern Ireland
1 to eliminate ethnic or religious discrimination based on actions
2 taken for:
3 (1) Increasing the representation of individuals from
4 underrepresented religious groups in the work force,
5 including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical
6 and technical jobs.
7 (2) Providing adequate security for the protection of
8 minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling
9 to and from work.
10 (3) The banning of provocative religious or political
11 emblems from the workplace.
12 (4) Publicly advertising all job openings and making
13 special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from
14 underrepresented religious groups.
15 (5) Providing that layoff, recall and termination
16 procedures should not in practice favor particular religious
17 groupings.
18 (6) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship
19 restrictions and differential employment criteria which
20 discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.
21 (7) The development of training programs that will
22 prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for
23 skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs
24 and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade and
25 improve the skills of minority employees.
26 (8) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify
27 and actively recruit minority employees with potential for
28 further advancement.
29 (9) The appointment of senior management staff members
30 to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of
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1 timetables to carry out affirmative action principles.
2 (c) Investments.--Consistent with sound investment policy,
3 the board shall invest the assets of the fund in such a manner
4 that the investments in institutions doing business in or with
5 Northern Ireland shall reflect the advances made by such
6 institutions in eliminating discrimination as established
7 pursuant to subsection (b).
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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