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