Bill Text: TX HB986 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a chief innovation officer position for the Legislative Budget Board.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB986 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB986-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 986 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 986: | |||
| By: Turner of Collin | C.S.H.B. No. 986 | ||
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| relating to the creation of a chief innovation officer position for | ||
| the Legislative Budget Board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 322.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 322.006. CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER. (a) The director | ||
| shall appoint a chief innovation officer. | ||
| (b) The chief innovation officer shall: | ||
| (1) develop procedures and processes to improve | ||
| internal state government efficiency and performance; | ||
| (2) develop methods to improve the experience of | ||
| residents, businesses, and local governments in their interactions | ||
| with state government; | ||
| (3) examine inefficiencies in state government | ||
| procurement and improve procurement practices; | ||
| (4) in cooperation with the Department of Information | ||
| Resources, increase the use of technology by state agencies to | ||
| improve services provided by the agencies and to reduce state | ||
| expenses and inefficiencies; | ||
| (5) provide state agency personnel with training in | ||
| skills that support innovation; | ||
| (6) provide state agency managers with training to | ||
| support innovation and encourage creative thinking; and | ||
| (7) develop and apply measures to document | ||
| improvements in state government innovation and in employee skills | ||
| that support innovation. | ||
| (c) In performing the duties required under Subsection (b), | ||
| the chief innovation officer must: | ||
| (1) use strategic innovation; | ||
| (2) promote open innovation; | ||
| (3) introduce and use group tools and processes that | ||
| encourage creative thinking; and | ||
| (4) conduct market research to determine the best | ||
| practices for increasing innovation and implement those best | ||
| practices. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the director of the Legislative Budget Board shall | ||
| appoint a chief innovation officer as required by Section 322.006, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
