Bill Text: TX HB4018 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and modernization projects for state agency information resources.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB4018 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4018-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and modernization projects for state agency information resources.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB4018 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4018-Comm_Sub.html
By: Capriglione, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) | H.B. No. 4018 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; | ||
May 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; | ||
May 20, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4018 | By: Nelson |
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relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and | ||
modernization projects for state agency information resources. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Q, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 2054.577 and 2054.578 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.577. TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION | ||
FUND. (a) The technology improvement and modernization fund is a | ||
special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue | ||
fund. | ||
(b) The fund consists of: | ||
(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of | ||
the fund at the direction of the legislature; | ||
(2) money received from the federal government for the | ||
purposes of improving and modernizing state agency information | ||
resources; | ||
(3) gifts, donations, and grants to the fund, | ||
including federal grants; and | ||
(4) interest earned on the investment of money in the | ||
fund. | ||
(c) Money in the fund: | ||
(1) may be used to improve and modernize state agency | ||
information resources, including legacy system projects and | ||
cybersecurity projects; and | ||
(2) may not be used to replace money appropriated to a | ||
state agency for the purposes of operating and maintaining state | ||
agency information resources or reduce the amount of money | ||
appropriated to a state agency for those purposes. | ||
(d) Section 404.071 does not apply to the fund. | ||
(e) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 2052.101. | ||
Sec. 2054.578. JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT IN | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS. | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Committee" means the Joint Oversight Committee on | ||
Investment in Information Technology Improvement and Modernization | ||
Projects. | ||
(2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
2052.101. | ||
(b) The committee is created to review investment and | ||
funding strategies for projects to improve or modernize state | ||
agency information resources technologies. | ||
(c) The committee is composed of six members as follows: | ||
(1) three members of the senate appointed by the | ||
lieutenant governor; and | ||
(2) three members of the house of representatives | ||
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
(d) The presiding officer of the committee shall alternate | ||
annually between: | ||
(1) a member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant | ||
governor; and | ||
(2) a member of the house of representatives appointed | ||
by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
(e) A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same | ||
manner as the original appointment. | ||
(f) The committee biennially shall provide a written report | ||
to the legislature that: | ||
(1) identifies: | ||
(A) existing and planned projects to improve or | ||
modernize state agency information resources technologies; and | ||
(B) the method of funding for each project | ||
identified by the committee under Paragraph (A); and | ||
(2) includes: | ||
(A) a determination by the committee of the | ||
amount necessary to fully fund each project identified under | ||
Subdivision (1) to completion; and | ||
(B) strategies developed by the committee to | ||
ensure a long-term investment solution for projects to improve or | ||
modernize state agency information resources technologies is in | ||
place, including strategies to: | ||
(i) access the full amount of federal money | ||
available for those projects; and | ||
(ii) use information gathered by the | ||
department during previous projects to improve the management, | ||
oversight, and transparency of future projects. | ||
(g) The department shall provide staff support for the | ||
committee. | ||
(h) The committee: | ||
(1) has the powers of a joint committee; and | ||
(2) may obtain funding in the same manner as a joint | ||
committee. | ||
(i) The rules adopted by the 87th Legislature for the | ||
administration of joint committees apply to the committee to the | ||
extent the rules are consistent with this section. | ||
(j) The committee is abolished and this section expires | ||
September 1, 2026. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than October 1, 2022, each state | ||
agency in the executive and legislative branches of state | ||
government, using money appropriated to the agency by this state, | ||
shall prepare an agency-wide plan outlining the manner in which the | ||
agency intends to transition its information technology and | ||
data-related services and capabilities into a more modern, | ||
integrated, secure, and effective technological environment. | ||
(b) Not later than March 31, 2022, the Joint Oversight | ||
Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement and | ||
Modernization Projects, in consultation with the Department of | ||
Information Resources, shall prescribe the form, contents, and | ||
manner of submission of the plan required under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section. | ||
(c) Each state agency shall submit the plan developed under | ||
this section to the: | ||
(1) Department of Information Resources; | ||
(2) Joint Oversight Committee on Investment in | ||
Information Technology Improvement and Modernization Projects; and | ||
(3) standing committees of the senate and house of | ||
representatives with primary jurisdiction over state agency | ||
information technology. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) In this section, "committee" means the Joint | ||
Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology | ||
Improvement and Modernization Projects. | ||
(b) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall make appointments to the committee not later | ||
than the 30th day after the effective date of this Act. | ||
(c) The speaker of the house of representatives shall | ||
appoint the initial presiding officer of the committee. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2021. | ||
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