Bill Text: TX HB3333 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the governor to order the disconnection of state computer networks from the Internet.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB3333 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3333-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3333 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the governor to order the | ||
| disconnection of state computer networks from the Internet. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.0195 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.0195. DISCONNECTION OF STATE COMPUTER NETWORKS. | ||
| (a) This section applies only to a computer network used by: | ||
| (1) a state agency; or | ||
| (2) an entity other than a state agency receiving | ||
| network security services from the Department of Information | ||
| Resources under Section 2059.058. | ||
| (b) The governor may order the Department of Information | ||
| Resources to disconnect a computer network from the Internet in the | ||
| event of a substantial external threat to the computer network. | ||
| (c) The authority granted under this section is limited to | ||
| Internet connectivity services provided exclusively to an entity | ||
| described by Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2059, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2059.1055 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2059.1055. NETWORK SECURITY IN A STATE OF DISASTER. | ||
| The department shall disconnect the computer network of an entity | ||
| receiving security services under this chapter from the Internet if | ||
| the governor issues an order under Section 418.0195 to disconnect | ||
| the network because of a substantial external threat to the | ||
| entity's computer network. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3333 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 3333 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 3, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3333 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
