H.B. No. 3707
AN ACT
relating to cloud computing services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2157.007, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2157.007. CONSIDERATION OF CLOUD [ADVANCED
INTERNET-BASED] COMPUTING SERVICE PURCHASE. (a) "Cloud [Advanced
Internet-based] computing service" has the meaning assigned by
Special Publication 800-145 issued by the United States Department
of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology, as the
definition existed on January 1, 2015 [means a service that
provides network access to a shared pool of configurable computing
resources on demand, including networks, servers, storage,
applications, or related technology services, that may be rapidly
provisioned and released by the service provider with minimal
effort and interaction. The term does not include
telecommunications service or the act of hosting computing
resources dedicated to a single purchaser].
(b) A state agency may consider cloud [advanced
Internet-based] computing service options, including any cost
associated with purchasing those service options, when making
purchases for a major information resources project under Section
2054.118.
(c) A state agency shall ensure that information resources
projects that use cloud [advanced Internet-based] computing
service options meet or exceed required state standards for
cybersecurity.
(d) Using existing resources, the department may review the
process for the coordinated development, hosting, and management of
computer software for state agencies that use cloud [advanced
Internet-based] computing services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3707 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3707 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor