By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 56
(In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 24, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 5, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 5, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acknowledgment by management of risks identified in
state agency information security plans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.133, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Each state agency shall include in the agency's
information security plan a written acknowledgment that the
executive director or other head of the state agency, the chief
financial officer, and each executive manager as designated by the
state agency have been made aware of the risks revealed during the
preparation of the agency's information security plan.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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