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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill 1289 (the purchase of iron and steel products made in |
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the United States for certain governmental entity projects) to |
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consider and take action on the following matters: |
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(1) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house |
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or senate version of the bill by adding, in SECTION 1 of the bill, |
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the following: |
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Sec. 2252.2025. REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1, |
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2018, the Texas Water Development Board shall electronically |
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submit to the state auditor a report on all contracts for |
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construction of a project that received financial assistance |
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under Chapter 15, 16, or 17, Water Code, during the state fiscal |
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year ending August 31, 2017. The report must include: |
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(1) the impacts on a political subdivision that has |
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obtained or applied for financial assistance from the board under |
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Chapter 15, 16, or 17, Water Code; and |
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(2) for each project that has obtained financial |
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assistance as described by this subsection: |
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(A) the country of origin of the iron and steel |
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products used in the project, in accordance with 19 U.S.C. |
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Section 1304; |
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(B) the cost and quantity of all iron and steel |
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products received from each country of origin for the project; |
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and |
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(C) any related bond information, including |
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the credit rating of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds |
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issued by the board to finance or refinance projects included in |
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the state water plan and the potential impact to that credit |
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rating as a result of the bond issuance by the board. |
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(b) The state auditor shall prepare a summary on the |
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report submitted under Subsection (a) and electronically submit |
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the summary to the legislature not later than January 1, 2019. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to require the Texas |
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Water Development Board to electronically submit to the state |
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auditor a report on all contracts for construction of projects |
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that received financial assistance from the board under Chapter |
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15, 16, or 17, Water Code, during the state fiscal year ending |
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August 31, 2017, and to require the state auditor to submit to the |
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legislature a summary of that report. |
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(2) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION |
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6(b) of the bill, in the transition provisions of the bill, to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Subchapter F, Chapter 2252, Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, does not apply to a project as described by Section |
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15.432 or 15.472, Water Code, that the Texas Water Development |
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Board has formally approved for financial assistance. In this |
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subsection, the term "formally approved" means any project that |
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is the subject of a resolution approving an application for |
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financial assistance adopted by the Texas Water Development |
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Board before May 1, 2019, for any portion of the financing of the |
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project. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to extend the time |
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before certain contracts are subject to Subchapter F, Chapter |
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2252, Government Code, as added by the Act, to allow the Texas |
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Water Development Board to submit the report and the state |
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auditor to submit the summary required by Section 2252.2025, |
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Government Code, as added by the Act. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 27, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |