[Adopted 4-4-2017 by L.L. No. 4-2017]
This Town Board hereby finds and determines the following:
A. 
The Town is a leader in protecting civil rights and preventing discrimination on the basis of religion, race, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and disability.
B. 
Both freedom of speech and religion are cornerstones of law and public policy in the United States, and the Town strongly supports and affirms these important freedoms.
C. 
The exercise of First Amendment rights is not a justification for engaging in acts of unlawful discrimination.
D. 
The Town must take action to avoid supporting or financing unlawful discrimination.
E. 
It is the intent of the Town Board to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used to do business with or otherwise support any private entity that engages in discriminatory actions against the Jewish people or individuals of the Jewish faith under the pretext of a constitutionally protected boycott of the State of Israel.
For the purpose of this article, certain words are defined as follows:
BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
Engaging in refusals to deal with, terminating business activities with, or taking other actions to limit commercial relations with Israel, or persons or entities doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories, when such actions are taken:
A. 
In a manner that discriminates on the basis of nationality, national origin, religion or other unreasonable basis that is not founded on a valid business reason.
B. 
In compliance or adherence to calls for a boycott of Israel other than those boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. § 4607(c) applies. The exception for "boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. § 4607(c) applies" shall be narrowly construed, shall not include boycotts primarily called for by entities that are not recognized foreign nations, and shall be limited or no longer apply if 50 U.S.C. § 4607(c) is limited or superseded by future federal legislation or case law.
COMPANY
Any sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited-liability partnership, limited-liability company, or other entity or business association, including all wholly owned business subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent companies or affiliates of such entities or business associations, that exists for the purpose of making profit.
The Town shall not enter into any contract with, or otherwise do business with, an individual or company identified by the New York State Office of General Services or the Office of the New York State Comptroller as engaging in a boycott of Israel.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this article or in its application to the person or circumstance directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.