Georgia Code
Part 1 - General Authority, Duties, and Procedure
§ 50-5-85. State Prohibited From Entering Into Certain Contracts Without Certification That Boycott of Israel Not to Be Conducted by Other Party

History. Code 1981, § 50-5-85 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 262, § 1/SB 327; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 50/HB 323; Ga. L. 2022, p. 2, § 1/HB 383.
Effective date.
This Code section became effective July 1, 2016.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “Subsection (b)” for “Subsection (a)” at the beginning of subsection (c).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “companies doing business in Israel, with Israel, organized under the laws of the State of Israel, or licensed by Israel to do business in Israel” for “or individuals or companies doing business in Israel or in Israeli controlled territories” in paragraph (a)(1); in paragraph (a)(2), deleted “sole proprietorship,” preceding “organization” and inserted “which employs more than five persons but excludes individuals and sole proprietorships”; in subsection (b), substituted “valued at $100,000.00 or more with a” for “with an individual or” at the beginning and deleted “individual or” preceding “company” near the end; and deleted former subsection (c), which read: “Subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to contracts with a total value of less than $1,000.00.”
Law reviews.
For note, “Talk Isn’t Cheap: Protecting Freedom of Speech in Light of Georgia’s Anti-Boycott Legislation,” see 52 Ga. L. Rev. 967 (2018).

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