Bill Text: TX HB1605 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources regarding cybersecurity.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB1605 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1605-Engrossed.html
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By: Blanco, Elkins, Capriglione, | H.B. No. 1605 | |
Gonzales of Williamson, Lucio III |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information | ||
Resources regarding cybersecurity. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 2054.0591 and 2054.0592 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.0591. CYBERSECURITY REPORT. (a) Not later than | ||
November 15 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit | ||
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives, and the standing committee of each house of the | ||
legislature with primary jurisdiction over state government | ||
operations a report identifying preventive and recovery efforts the | ||
state can undertake to improve cybersecurity in this state. The | ||
report must include: | ||
(1) an assessment of the resources available to | ||
address the operational and financial impacts of a cybersecurity | ||
event; | ||
(2) a review of existing statutes regarding | ||
cybersecurity and information resources technologies; | ||
(3) recommendations for legislative action to | ||
increase the state's cybersecurity and protect against adverse | ||
impacts from a cybersecurity event; | ||
(4) an evaluation of the costs and benefits of | ||
cybersecurity insurance; and | ||
(5) an evaluation of tertiary disaster recovery | ||
options. | ||
(b) The department or a recipient of a report under this | ||
section may redact or withhold information confidential under | ||
Chapter 552, including Section 552.139, or other state or federal | ||
law that is contained in the report in response to a request under | ||
Chapter 552 without the necessity of requesting a decision from the | ||
attorney general under Subchapter G, Chapter 552. | ||
Sec. 2054.0592. CYBERSECURITY EMERGENCY FUNDING. If a | ||
cybersecurity event creates a need for emergency funding, the | ||
department may request that the governor or Legislative Budget | ||
Board make a proposal under Chapter 317 to provide funding to manage | ||
the operational and financial impacts from the cybersecurity event. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |