S.B. No. 1877
AN ACT
relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of
a data use agreement for the state agency's employees and to
training related to that agreement.
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 at
least biennially, but may update the agreement at any time as
necessary to accommodate best practices in data management.
(c) A state agency shall distribute the data use agreement
developed under this section, and each update to that agreement, to
employees of the agency who handle sensitive information, including
financial, medical, personnel, or student data. The employee shall
sign the data use agreement distributed and each update to the
agreement.
(d) To the extent possible, a state agency shall provide
employees described by Subsection (c) with cybersecurity awareness
training to coincide with the distribution of:
(1) the data use agreement required under this
section; and
(2) each biennial update to that agreement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1877 passed the Senate on
April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1877 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor