Bill Text: TX SB564 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to certain meetings of a governing body relating to information technology security practices.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB564 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB564-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 564

AN ACT
relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to
certain meetings of a governing body relating to information
technology security practices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.089, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.089. DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR
SECURITY AUDITS; CLOSED MEETING [DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
RESOURCES]. This chapter does not require a governmental body [the
governing board of the Department of Information Resources] to
conduct an open meeting to deliberate:
(1) security assessments or deployments relating to
information resources technology;
(2) network security information as described by
Section 2059.055(b); or
(3) the deployment, or specific occasions for
implementation, of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or
security devices.
SECTION 2. Section 2059.055(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Network security information is confidential under this
section if the information is:
(1) related to passwords, personal identification
numbers, access codes, encryption, or other components of the
security system of a governmental entity [state agency];
(2) collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a
governmental entity to prevent, detect, or investigate criminal
activity; or
(3) related to an assessment, made by or for a
governmental entity or maintained by a governmental entity, of the
vulnerability of a network to criminal activity.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 564 passed the Senate on
April 10, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 564 passed the House on
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor