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2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 104
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS: Creates a joint committee to study the information technology
systems used by legislative agencies
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To create and provide with respect to a joint legislative committee to conduct a
3 comprehensive and detailed analysis of information technology systems used by the
4 agencies of the legislative branch of state government and to report its findings and
5 recommendations to the legislature by January 13, 2020.
6 WHEREAS, information technology systems, including the management and
7technical development of these systems, are essential for legislative agencies to perform the
8functions of the legislative branch of state government; and
9 WHEREAS, the information processed and stored in its information technology
10systems is an important asset and responsibility of the legislature; and
11 WHEREAS, information technology, both hardware and software, evolves very
12quickly and keeping it up to date may require significant funding for an enterprise as large
13as the legislative branch of state government, but failing to do so can also become a drain
14on the state fisc due to inefficiencies caused by slow or incompatible systems, social and
15economic costs of failures in older technology, and exposure to malicious attacks to which
16older technology is more vulnerable; and
17 WHEREAS, interruption in the availability of information technology systems and
18services presents a risk to the continuity of the work of the legislative branch of state
19government; and
20 WHEREAS, the information technology systems and services of legislative agencies
21should incorporate the most effective technology available to ensure continuity of
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1operations, protection of information, long-term cost savings through efficiency, and
2availability of information to citizens of the state.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4create a special joint legislative committee, composed of six members as hereinafter
5provided, to conduct a comprehensive and detailed analysis of information technology
6systems used by the agencies of the legislative branch of state government.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the joint committee shall be composed of three
8members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of
9Representatives and three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the speaker of the House of Representatives and
11the president of the Senate shall appoint the members of the joint committee no later than
12thirty days after adoption of this Resolution.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a member of the joint committee designated by
14the speaker of the House of Representatives shall call the first meeting of the joint committee
15no later than ten days after all of the members of the joint committee are appointed and shall
16preside until the joint committee selects a chairman and a vice chairman.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any member of the joint committee may
18examine an information technology system of a legislative agency and make inquiries of any
19employee or contractor of a legislative agency concerning such system, or designate one or
20more staff members of the joint committee to do so, in conducting the business of the joint
21committee.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the joint committee shall report its findings and
23recommendations by January 13, 2020.
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report of the joint committee shall include
25at a minimum the following information:
26 (1) A detailed description of each information technology system used by the
27agencies in the legislative branch of state government, including without limitation the
28estimated useful life of software and hardware included in the system and requirements to
29support the system.
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1 (2) Identification of systems that are inefficient, recommendations for improvements
2of such inefficient systems, and potential costs and cost savings of such improvements.
3 (3) Identification of points of risk of failure of aging systems, estimates of the social
4and economic impacts of any such failure, and potential costs and risk reductions gained by
5updating such systems.
6 (4) Identification of risk of unauthorized access, loss or corruption of data, and
7exposure to malicious software, the severity of such risks, estimates of the social and
8economic impacts of any such attack, and potential costs and risk reductions gained by
9updating such systems.
10 (5) Identification of sources of revenue that are dedicated to technology needs of
11legislative agencies.
12 (6) Recommended priorities for upgrades considering all such costs, liabilities, and
13benefits.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report of the joint committee shall include
15findings for each agency within the legislative branch of state government and findings that
16are not agency-specific.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report of the joint committee shall be
18delivered to the legislature in accordance with R.S. 24:772 except that information in the
19report that would be exempt from disclosure pursuant to R.S. 44:3.1 or another provision of
20the Public Records Law shall be excised from the report submitted to the legislature and
21delivered in a separate report to the House Select Committee on Homeland Security and the
22Senate Select Committee on Homeland Security meeting, jointly or separately, in executive
23session.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 104 Original 2019 Regular Session Ivey
Creates and provides with respect to a joint legislative committee to conduct a
comprehensive and detailed analysis of information technology systems used by the agencies
of the legislative branch of state government and to report its findings and recommendations
to the legislature by Jan. 13, 2020.
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