86R647 MTB-F
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1283
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Department of Information
Resources to provide telecommunications services through statewide
technology centers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.376(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This subchapter applies to all information resources
technologies[, other than telecommunications service, advanced
communications services, or information service, as those terms are
defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 153,] that are:
(1) obtained by a state agency using state money;
(2) used by a state agency; or
(3) used by a participating local government.
SECTION 2. Section 2054.378, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The department, on a cost-sharing basis, may provide
telecommunications service, advanced communications services, or
information service, as those terms are defined by 47 U.S.C.
Section 153, through a statewide technology center under this
subchapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.