| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
| |
|
|
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
|
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
|
|
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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) Senate Rule 12.03(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) Senate Rule 12.03(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. |