85R33553 YDB-D
By: Paddie 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.