H.R. No. 2552

	R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
	Texas, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That House Rule 13,
	Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
	Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
	resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1289 (the purchase of iron
	and steel products made in the United States for certain
	governmental entity projects) to consider and take action on the
	following matters:
	(1)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit
	the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the
	house or senate version of the bill by adding, in SECTION 1 of the
	bill, the following:
	Sec. 2252.2025.  REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1,
	2018, the Texas Water Development Board shall electronically submit
	to the state auditor a report on all contracts for construction of a
	project that received financial assistance under Chapter 15, 16, or
	17, Water Code, during the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2017.
	The report must include:
	(1)  the impacts on a political subdivision that has
	obtained or applied for financial assistance from the board under
	Chapter 15, 16, or 17, Water Code; and
	(2)  for each project that has obtained financial
	assistance as described by this subsection:
	(A)  the country of origin of the iron and steel
	products used in the project, in accordance with 19 U.S.C. Section
	1304;
	(B)  the cost and quantity of all iron and steel
	products received from each country of origin for the project; and
	(C)  any related bond information, including the
	credit rating of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds issued
	by the board to finance or refinance projects included in the state
	water plan and the potential impact to that credit rating as a
	result of the bond issuance by the board.
	(b)  The state auditor shall prepare a summary on the report
	submitted under Subsection (a) and electronically submit the
	summary to the legislature not later than January 1, 2019.
	(c)  This section expires September 1, 2019.
	Explanation: The change is necessary to require the Texas
	Water Development Board to electronically submit to the state
	auditor a report on all contracts for construction of projects that
	received financial assistance from the board under Chapter 15, 16,
	or 17, Water Code, during the state fiscal year ending August 31,
	2017, and to require the state auditor to submit to the legislature
	a summary of that report.
	(2)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
	the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION
	6(b) of the bill, in the transition provisions of the bill, to read
	as follows:
	(b)  Subchapter F, Chapter 2252, Government Code, as added by
	this Act, does not apply to a project as described by Section 15.432
	or 15.472, Water Code, that the Texas Water Development Board has
	formally approved for financial assistance. In this subsection,
	the term "formally approved" means any project that is the subject
	of a resolution approving an application for financial assistance
	adopted by the Texas Water Development Board before May 1, 2019, for
	any portion of the financing of the project.
	Explanation: The change is necessary to extend the time
	before certain contracts are subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 2252,
	Government Code, as added by the Act, to allow the Texas Water
	Development Board to submit the report and the state auditor to
	submit the summary required by Section 2252.2025, Government Code,
	as added by the Act.
	Paddie
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2552 was adopted by the House on May
	27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 32, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House