| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1845 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 20, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2015, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1845 By: Watson |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | relating to employment of a statewide data coordinator in the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Department of Information Resources. |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 2054.0286 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 2054.0286. STATEWIDE DATA COORDINATOR. (a) The |
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| 19 | 19 | | executive director, using existing department funds, shall employ a |
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| 20 | 20 | | statewide data coordinator to: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) improve the control and security of information |
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| 22 | 22 | | collected by state agencies; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) promote between state agencies the sharing of |
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| 24 | 24 | | information, including customer information; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) reduce information collection costs incurred by |
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| 26 | 26 | | this state. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) The statewide data coordinator shall develop and |
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| 28 | 28 | | implement best practices among state agencies to: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) improve interagency information coordination; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) reduce duplicative information collection; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) increase accountability and ensure compliance |
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| 32 | 32 | | with statutes and rules requiring agencies to share information; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) improve information management and analysis to |
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| 34 | 34 | | increase information security, uncover fraud and waste, reduce |
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| 35 | 35 | | agency costs, improve agency operations, and verify compliance with |
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| 36 | 36 | | applicable laws; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (5) encourage agencies to collect and post on the |
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| 38 | 38 | | agencies' Internet websites information related to agency |
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| 39 | 39 | | functions that is in an open source format and is machine-readable, |
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| 40 | 40 | | exportable, and easily accessible by the public. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) Each state agency shall cooperate with the statewide |
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| 42 | 42 | | data coordinator in fulfilling the requirements of this section. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 44 | 44 | | of this Act, the executive director of the Department of |
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| 45 | 45 | | Information Resources shall employ a statewide data coordinator as |
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| 46 | 46 | | required by Section 2054.0286, Government Code, as added by this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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