Bill Text: TX HB1508 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain powers and duties in relation to information resources at public institutions of higher education and other state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1508-Introduced.html
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By: Darby | H.B. No. 1508 |
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relating to certain powers and duties in relation to information | ||
resources at public institutions of higher education and other | ||
state agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2054.076(b-1), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The department shall provide mandatory guidelines to | ||
state agencies regarding the continuing education requirements for | ||
cybersecurity training that must be completed by all information | ||
resources employees of the agencies. The department shall notify | ||
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Education regarding the manner in which [ |
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guidelines apply to institutions of higher education. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2054.102(b-1), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The Legislative Budget Board, in consultation with | ||
the department [ |
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biennial operating plans. In developing the criteria, the board | ||
shall include criteria on: | ||
(1) the feasibility of proposed information resources | ||
projects for the biennium; | ||
(2) the consistency of the plan with the state | ||
strategic plan; | ||
(3) the appropriate provision of public electronic | ||
access to information; | ||
(4) evidence of business process streamlining and | ||
gathering of business and technical requirements; and | ||
(5) services, costs, and benefits. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2054.377, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.377. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. The | ||
department may not establish or expand a statewide technology | ||
center that requires [ |
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higher education unless the Information Technology Council for | ||
Higher Education agrees to the establishment or expansion. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 2059.052, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2059.052. SERVICES PROVIDED TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER | ||
EDUCATION. The department may provide network security services to | ||
an institution of higher education, and may include an institution | ||
of higher education in a center, only after notifying [ |
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Education. | ||
SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Government Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 2054.066; | ||
(2) Sections 2054.121(c), (d), and (e); | ||
(3) Section 2054.1211; and | ||
(4) Section 2054.124(c). | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |