Bill Text: TX HB2422 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to consideration of advanced Internet-based computing service options in state purchasing and to the use of advanced Internet-based computing services by state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2422 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2422-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to consideration of advanced Internet-based computing service options in state purchasing and to the use of advanced Internet-based computing services by state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2422 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2422-Introduced.html
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By: Gonzales | H.B. No. 2422 |
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relating to consideration of cloud computing services when a state | ||
agency purchases services for a major information resources | ||
project. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2157, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2157.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2157.007. CONSIDERATION OF CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE | ||
PURCHASE. (a) "Cloud computing service" means a service that | ||
provides network access to a shared pool of configurable computing | ||
resources on demand, including networks, servers, storage, | ||
applications, or related technology services, that may be rapidly | ||
provisioned and released by the service provider with minimal | ||
effort and interaction. The term does not include | ||
telecommunications service or the act of hosting computing | ||
resources dedicated to a single purchaser. | ||
(b) A state agency must consider cloud computing service | ||
options when making purchases for a major information resources | ||
project under Section 2054.118. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |