By: Campbell S.B. No. 564
(In the Senate - Filed January 20, 2017; February 8, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 5, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 5, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to
certain meetings of a governing body relating to information
technology security practices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 551.089, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 551.089. DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR
SECURITY AUDITS; CLOSED MEETING [DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
RESOURCES]. This chapter does not require a governmental body [the
governing board of the Department of Information Resources] to
conduct an open meeting to deliberate:
(1) security assessments or deployments relating to
information resources technology;
(2) network security information as described by
Section 2059.055(b); or
(3) the deployment, or specific occasions for
implementation, of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or
security devices.
SECTION 2. Section 2059.055(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Network security information is confidential under this
section if the information is:
(1) related to passwords, personal identification
numbers, access codes, encryption, or other components of the
security system of a governmental entity [state agency];
(2) collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a
governmental entity to prevent, detect, or investigate criminal
activity; or
(3) related to an assessment, made by or for a
governmental entity or maintained by a governmental entity, of the
vulnerability of a network to criminal activity.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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