Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1877 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/13/2015

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                    84R11305 TSR-D
 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1877


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of
 a data use agreement for the state agency's employees.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 2054.134 to read as follows:
 Sec. 2054.134.  DATA USE AGREEMENT. (a) Each state agency
 shall develop a data use agreement for use by the agency that meets
 the particular needs of the agency and is consistent with rules
 adopted by the department that relate to information security
 standards for state agencies.
 (b)  A state agency shall update the data use agreement not
 later than the second anniversary of the date the agreement is
 developed.  A state agency may update the agreement at any time as
 necessary to accommodate best practices in data management.
 (c)  A state agency shall require each employee of that
 agency to sign the data use agreement developed under this section
 and shall distribute any updates to the agreement to employees of
 the agency.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.