83R17556 NC-D
By: Elkins H.B. No. 1744
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1744:
By: Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 1744
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing local governments to participate in
statewide technology centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.375, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2054.375. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this
subchapter:
(1) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or
local government.
(2) "Statewide[, "statewide] technology center" means
a statewide technology center established or operated under this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. Section 2054.376(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This subchapter applies to all information resources
technologies, other than telecommunications service [services],
advanced communications services, or information service, as those
terms are defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 153, that are:
(1) obtained by a state agency using state money; [or]
(2) used by a state agency; or
(3) used by a participating local government.
SECTION 3. Subchapter L, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.3771 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.3771. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. The department may
establish or expand a statewide technology center to include
participation by a local government. The executive director and
the department have all the powers necessary or appropriate,
consistent with this chapter, to accomplish that purpose.
SECTION 4. Section 2054.378(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The department may operate statewide technology centers
to provide two or more governmental entities [state agencies], on a
cost-sharing basis, services relating to:
(1) information resources and information resources
technology; and
(2) the deployment, [and] development, and
maintenance of software [statewide] applications.
SECTION 5. Section 2054.380(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The department shall set and charge a fee to each
governmental entity [state agency] that receives a service from a
statewide technology center in an amount sufficient to cover the
direct and indirect cost of providing the service.
SECTION 6. Subchapter L, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.3851 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.3851. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION AND
SELECTION. (a) A local government may submit a request to the
department to receive services or operations through a statewide
technology center. The local government shall identify its
particular requirements, operations costs, and requested service
levels.
(b) On receipt of the request, the department shall conduct
a cost and requirements analysis for the local government.
(c) If the department selects the local government for
participation in a statewide technology center, the department
shall provide notice to the local government that includes:
(1) the scope of the services to be provided to the
local government;
(2) a schedule of anticipated costs for the local
government; and
(3) the implementation schedule for the local
government.
(d) If selected to participate in a statewide technology
center, a local government may contract with the department to
receive the identified services and have the identified operations
performed through the statewide technology center.
(e) Two or more local governments that are parties to an
interlocal agreement, acting through the entity designated by the
parties to supervise performance of the interlocal agreement under
Section 791.013, may apply to the department and participate in a
statewide technology center.
SECTION 7. Section 2054.387, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2054.387. INTERAGENCY CONTRACT; COMPLIANCE WITH
SERVICE LEVELS. The department shall ensure compliance with
service levels agreed to in an interagency contract or
intergovernmental contract, as appropriate, executed under this
subchapter.
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.