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| 2 | 2 | | By: Larson H.B. No. 2576 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the appointment of a state cybersecurity coordinator. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 2054, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subchapter O to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SUBCHAPTER O. STATE CYBERSECURITY |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2054.551. CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR. The executive |
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| 13 | 13 | | director shall designate an employee of the department as the state |
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| 14 | 14 | | cybersecurity coordinator to oversee cybersecurity matters for |
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| 15 | 15 | | this state. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 2054.552. PRIVATE INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT COUNCIL. The |
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| 17 | 17 | | state cybersecurity coordinator may establish a council that |
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| 18 | 18 | | includes public and private sector leaders and cybersecurity |
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| 19 | 19 | | practitioners to collaborate on matters of cybersecurity |
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| 20 | 20 | | concerning this state. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 2054.553. CYBERSECURITY APPROVAL SEAL. The state |
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| 22 | 22 | | cybersecurity coordinator may establish a voluntary program that |
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| 23 | 23 | | recognizes private and public entities functioning with exemplary |
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| 24 | 24 | | cybersecurity practices. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 2054.554. RECOMMENDATIONS. The state cybersecurity |
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| 26 | 26 | | coordinator may implement any portion or all of the recommendations |
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| 27 | 27 | | made by the Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development |
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| 28 | 28 | | Council under Subchapter N. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2013, the executive |
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| 30 | 30 | | director of the Department of Information Resources shall designate |
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| 31 | 31 | | a state cybersecurity coordinator, as required by Section 2054.551, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 34 | 34 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | legislative session. |
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