| 1 | 1 | | 85R9620 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3780 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a state secondary Internet website |
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| 8 | 8 | | domain name server. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 418.193 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 418.193. SECONDARY INTERNET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME |
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| 13 | 13 | | SERVER. (a) In this section, "domain name server" means a server |
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| 14 | 14 | | connected to the Internet that acts as a directory of Internet |
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| 15 | 15 | | website domain names and the websites' corresponding Internet |
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| 16 | 16 | | Protocol (IP) addresses and that translates between the domain name |
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| 17 | 17 | | and IP address to allow an individual to search for an Internet |
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| 18 | 18 | | website by domain name. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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| 20 | 20 | | select an appropriate department or entity of an institution of |
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| 21 | 21 | | higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, to |
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| 22 | 22 | | develop and build a secondary Internet website domain name server. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The governor is responsible for managing the operations |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the secondary Internet website domain name server and may |
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| 25 | 25 | | contract with a third party to maintain and manage the operations of |
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| 26 | 26 | | the domain name server. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) The governor may deploy the domain name server at the |
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| 28 | 28 | | governor's discretion. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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| 30 | 30 | | date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall select a department or entity of an institution of higher |
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| 32 | 32 | | education to develop and build a secondary Internet website domain |
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| 33 | 33 | | name server, as described by Section 418.193, Government Code, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | added by this Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) The department or entity of an institution of higher |
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| 36 | 36 | | education selected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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| 37 | 37 | | Board, as described by Subsection (a) of this section, shall |
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| 38 | 38 | | complete building the domain name server not later than December |
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| 39 | 39 | | 31, 2018. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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