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1	1	83R17556 NC-D
2	2	By: Elkins H.B. No. 1744
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1744:
4	4	By: Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 1744
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to authorizing local governments to participate in
10	10	statewide technology centers.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 2054.375, Government Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 2054.375. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this
15	15	subchapter:
16	16	(1) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or
17	17	local government.
18	18	(2) "Statewide[, "statewide] technology center" means
19	19	a statewide technology center established or operated under this
20	20	subchapter.
21	21	SECTION 2. Section 2054.376(a), Government Code, is amended
22	22	to read as follows:
23	23	(a) This subchapter applies to all information resources
24	24	technologies, other than telecommunications service [services],
25	25	advanced communications services, or information service, as those
26	26	terms are defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 153, that are:
27	27	(1) obtained by a state agency using state money; [or]
28	28	(2) used by a state agency; or
29	29	(3) used by a participating local government.
30	30	SECTION 3. Subchapter L, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
31	31	amended by adding Section 2054.3771 to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 2054.3771. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. The department may
33	33	establish or expand a statewide technology center to include
34	34	participation by a local government. The executive director and
35	35	the department have all the powers necessary or appropriate,
36	36	consistent with this chapter, to accomplish that purpose.
37	37	SECTION 4. Section 2054.378(a), Government Code, is amended
38	38	to read as follows:
39	39	(a) The department may operate statewide technology centers
40	40	to provide two or more governmental entities [state agencies], on a
41	41	cost-sharing basis, services relating to:
42	42	(1) information resources and information resources
43	43	technology; and
44	44	(2) the deployment, [and] development, and
45	45	maintenance of software [statewide] applications.
46	46	SECTION 5. Section 2054.380(a), Government Code, is amended
47	47	to read as follows:
48	48	(a) The department shall set and charge a fee to each
49	49	governmental entity [state agency] that receives a service from a
50	50	statewide technology center in an amount sufficient to cover the
51	51	direct and indirect cost of providing the service.
52	52	SECTION 6. Subchapter L, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
53	53	amended by adding Section 2054.3851 to read as follows:
54	54	Sec. 2054.3851. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION AND
55	55	SELECTION. (a) A local government may submit a request to the
56	56	department to receive services or operations through a statewide
57	57	technology center. The local government shall identify its
58	58	particular requirements, operations costs, and requested service
59	59	levels.
60	60	(b) On receipt of the request, the department shall conduct
61	61	a cost and requirements analysis for the local government.
62	62	(c) If the department selects the local government for
63	63	participation in a statewide technology center, the department
64	64	shall provide notice to the local government that includes:
65	65	(1) the scope of the services to be provided to the
66	66	local government;
67	67	(2) a schedule of anticipated costs for the local
68	68	government; and
69	69	(3) the implementation schedule for the local
70	70	government.
71	71	(d) If selected to participate in a statewide technology
72	72	center, a local government may contract with the department to
73	73	receive the identified services and have the identified operations
74	74	performed through the statewide technology center.
75	75	(e) Two or more local governments that are parties to an
76	76	interlocal agreement, acting through the entity designated by the
77	77	parties to supervise performance of the interlocal agreement under
78	78	Section 791.013, may apply to the department and participate in a
79	79	statewide technology center.
80	80	SECTION 7. Section 2054.387, Government Code, is amended to
81	81	read as follows:
82	82	Sec. 2054.387. INTERAGENCY CONTRACT; COMPLIANCE WITH
83	83	SERVICE LEVELS. The department shall ensure compliance with
84	84	service levels agreed to in an interagency contract or
85	85	intergovernmental contract, as appropriate, executed under this
86	86	subchapter.
87	87	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
88	88	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
89	89	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
90	90	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
91	91	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.