1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring the State Board of Investment to monitor 
1.3 	state investments in companies doing business with Sudan and to support 
1.4 	shareholder resolutions that require affirmative action to end the crisis in Sudan;
1.5 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 11A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [11A.243] INVESTMENT IN SUDAN.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.List of investments. (a) By January 1 of each year, the State Board 
1.9 	of Investment shall:
1.10 	(1) compile a list of corporations that, directly or through a subsidiary, do business 
1.11 	in Sudan and in whose stocks or obligations the board has invested under section 11A.24, 
1.12 	subdivision 3 or 5; and
1.13 	(2) determine whether each corporation on the list has, during the preceding year, 
1.14 	taken affirmative action to improve the human rights situation in Sudan.
1.15 	(b) In making the determination required by paragraph (a), clause (2), the State 
1.16 	Board of Investment shall consider whether a corporation doing business in Sudan 
1.17 	has, during the preceding year, taken substantial action designed to lead toward the 
1.18 	achievement of the following goals:
1.19 	(1) increasing representation of persons from underrepresented religious or ethnic 
1.20 	groups at all levels in its work force;
1.21 	(2) providing adequate security for employees who are members of minority 
1.22 	religious groups, both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work; and 
1.23 	(3) placing pressure on the government of Sudan to end the crisis and genocide 
1.24 	in Sudan's Darfur region.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Affirmative action policy. Whenever feasible, the board shall sponsor, 
2.2 	cosponsor, or support shareholder resolutions designed to encourage corporations in 
2.3 	which the board has invested to pursue a policy of affirmative action to improve the 
2.4 	human rights situation in Sudan.
2.5 		Subd. 3.Divestment not required. Nothing in this section may be construed to 
2.6 	require the State Board of Investment to dispose of existing investments or to make future 
2.7 	investments that violate sound investment policy for public pensions.