By: Creighton S.R. No. 918
SENATE RESOLUTION
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.
_______________________________
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 27, 2017, by the
following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate