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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 709
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING A DIVISION OF CYBERSECURITY WIT HIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF EM ERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC
PROTECTION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-1b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
(a) There shall be within the Department of Emergency Services and 3
Public Protection a Division of State Police. The Commissioner of 4
Emergency Services and Public Protection shall serve as administrative 5
head and commanding officer of the State Police Division. As 6
administrative head, said commanding officer of the Division of State 7
Police shall delegate said commanding officer's jurisdiction of the 8
affairs of the Division of State Police to a deputy commissioner who 9
shall have the powers and privileges conferred by statute upon a state 10
policeman. 11
(b) There shall be within said department a Division of Emergency 12
Management and Homeland Security. The commissioner shall serve as 13
administrative head of said division. As administrative head, said 14
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commissioner shall delegate said commissioner's jurisdiction of the 15
Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to a 16
deputy commissioner. The deputy commissioner shall possess 17
professional training and knowledge consisting of not less than five 18
years of managerial or strategic planning experience in matters relating 19
to public safety, security, emergency services and emergency response. 20
No person possessing a record of any criminal, unlawful or unethical 21
conduct shall be eligible for or hold such position. Any person with 22
any present or past political activities or financial interests that may 23
substantially conflict with the duties of the deputy commissioner or 24
expose such person to potential undue influence or compromise such 25
person's ability to be entrusted with necessary state or federal security 26
clearances or information shall be deemed unqualified for such 27
position and shall not be eligible to hold such position. 28
(c) (1) There shall be within said department a Division of 29
Cybersecurity. The commissioner shall serve as administrative head of 30
said division. As administrative head, said commissioner shall 31
delegate said commissioner's jurisdiction of the Division of 32
Cybersecurity to a deputy commissioner. The deputy commissioner 33
shall possess professional training and knowledge consisting of not 34
less than five years of managerial or strategic planning experience in 35
matters relating to cybersecurity. No person possessing a record of any 36
criminal, unlawful or unethical conduct shall be eligible for or hold 37
such position. Any person with any present or past political activities 38
or financial interests that may substantially conflict with the duties of 39
the deputy commissioner or expose such person to potential undue 40
influence or compromise such person's ability to be entrusted with 41
necessary state or federal security clearances or information shall be 42
deemed unqualified for such position and shall not be eligible to hold 43
such position. 44
(2) The division shall (A) oversee and coordinate cybersecurity 45
efforts among state agencies, boards, commissions and other entities, 46
including the constituent units of the state system of higher education 47
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as defined in section 10a-1, and identify critical information technology 48
infrastructure needs; (B) assist municipalities and other political 49
subdivisions of the state with cybersecurity efforts and coordinate state 50
initiatives with municipalities and other political subdivisions of the 51
state to the maximum extent possible; (C) act as a liaison with federal 52
government agencies, including the United States Department of 53
Homeland Security, and share information with federal, state and local 54
agencies as appropriate; (D) coordinate cybersecurity initiatives with 55
other states and the federal government; (E) collaborate with the 56
private sector to facilitate cybersecurity efforts, including efforts 57
related to corporate espionage, protection of trade secrets and data 58
privacy; and (F) promote personal computer, mobile data and 59
application security for persons throughout the state, including 60
promoting public awareness of cybersecurity issues. 61
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 29-1b
Statement of Purpose:
To create a Division of Cybersecurity within the Department of
Emergency Services and Public Protection.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
S.B. 709