Bill Text: TX SB851 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 851 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB851 Detail]

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	By: Blanco	S.B. No. 851
	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2021; March 11, 2021,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
	March 30, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 15,
	Nays 0; March 30, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 2054.512(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b) The cybersecurity council must include:
	(1) one member who is an employee of the office of the
	governor;
	(2) one member of the senate appointed by the
	lieutenant governor;
	(3) one member of the house of representatives
	appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; [~~and~~]
	(4) one member who is an employee of the Elections
	Division of the Office of the Secretary of State; and
	(5) additional members appointed by the state
	cybersecurity coordinator, including representatives of
	institutions of higher education and private sector leaders.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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