84R12156 YDB-D
By: Davis of Dallas, Guillen H.B. No. 3248
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state agency procedures and policies to protect and
properly destroy certain information that identifies an
individual.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2064 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2064. INDIVIDUAL-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
Sec. 2064.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency"
means a department, commission, board, office, council, authority,
or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch
of state government, including a university system or institution
of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code,
that is created by the constitution or a statute of this state.
Sec. 2064.002. SECURITY FOR INDIVIDUAL-IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION. Each state agency shall develop policies and
procedures to properly secure all information, including
electronic information and any electronic backup of that
information, that alone or in conjunction with other information
identifies an individual. The agency shall implement electronic
security strategies developed by the Department of Information
Resources under Chapter 2054 as appropriate.
Sec. 2064.003. SECURE DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION. A state
agency shall destroy or arrange for the destruction of information
that alone or in conjunction with other information identifies an
individual and that is not required to be retained under other law
in a manner that properly protects the information from disclosure,
including by:
(1) shredding;
(2) erasing; or
(3) otherwise modifying the sensitive information in
the records to make the information unreadable or indecipherable
through any means.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.