As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Company" means any entity that has publicly traded securities and is an organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other entity or business association, including all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, or parent companies of such entities or business associations, that exists for profit-making purposes.
"Direct holdings" means all publicly traded securities of a company held directly bythe public employees' retirement association or in an account or fund in which the public employees' retirement association owns all shares or interests.
"Economic prohibitions against Israel" means engaging in actions that are politicallymotivated and are intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or otherwise limit commercial relations with the state of Israel including, but not limited to, the boycott of, divestment from, or imposition of sanctions on the state of Israel. Any actions permitted under applicable federal anti-boycott laws shall not be considered economic prohibitions against Israel.
"Publicly traded securities" means ownership interest or debt instruments that arecurrently traded on a securities exchange that is officially recognized, sanctioned, or supervised by a governmental authority of the country in which the market is located or currently traded through an over-the-counter market that is reflected by the existence of an interdealer quotation system.
"Restricted companies" means companies that have economic prohibitions againstIsrael.
Source: L. 2016: Entire part added, (HB 16-1284), ch. 33, p. 80, § 1, effective August 10.