Bill Text: TX SB1470 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources regarding cybersecurity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1470 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1470-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1470 |
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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. Not later than | ||
August 31 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit | ||
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the legislature 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. | ||
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. |