DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP ORT DIGEST
HB 6 2020 First Extraordinary Session Ivey
Keyword and oneliner of the instrument as it left the House
FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the State Cybersecurity and Information Technology Fund and
dedicates revenues to the fund (Items #10 and #11)
Report adopts Senate amendments to:
1. Make technical changes.
Report rejects Senate amendments which would have:
1. Required all monies, including gifts, grants and donations to the fund, to be allocated to the
Bond Security and Redemption Fund.
2. Required all monies remaining at the end of the fiscal year to revert to the general fund.
3. Removed requirement that funds be permanently credited to the fund.
4. Required approval of technology programs pursuant to proposed law starting in 2023.
Report amends the bill to:
1. Authorize the fund to receive gifts, grants, donations, or other revenues designated for the
fund.
2. Require any state money deposited into the fund to be credited to the Bond Security and
Redemption Fund.
3. Delete language requiring the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to approve the list
of proposed projects.
4. Limit expenditure of monies in the fund to direct, project-related expenses reviewed by the
Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity. 5. Change the first date by which the office of technology services must present a list of
proposed projects to the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity from
October 1, 2022, to October 1, 2021.
6. Provide that the first report due by the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and
Cybersecurity to House and Senate leadership is to be submitted no later than January 1,
2022.
Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Proposed law establishes the State Cybersecurity and Information Technology Fund as a special
treasury fund to finance projects supporting the state's information technology infrastructure and
cybersecurity needs.
Proposed law authorizes the fund to receive gifts, grants, donations, and any other revenues
dedicated to it. Further requires any state monies deposited into the fund to be credited to the Bond
Security and Redemption Fund. Authorizes any money that is deposited into the fund to be invested
by the treasurer. Further reinvests into the fund any interest earned on investment of the fund corpus.
Proposed law provides that monies in the fund may only be expended on direct, project-related
expenses for projects reviewed by the Joint Legislative Committee on Technology and Cybersecurity
(JLCTC). Further establishes a procedure and deadlines for review of projects to be financed by the
fund. Beginning 2021, requires the office of technology services to provide a list of possible projects
to the JLCTC no later than Oct. 1. Requires JLCTC to hold public hearings on the proposed projects
and submit a final list of recommended projects to the speaker of the House, the president of the
Senate, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and the chairman of the Senate
Committee on Finance by Jan. 1.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 39:15.7)