Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R1489 JCG-D
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1952
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to emergency management for cyber attacks against this
8	8	state.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 418.002, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 418.002. PURPOSES. The purposes of this chapter are
13	13	to:
14	14	(1) reduce vulnerability of people and communities of
15	15	this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property
16	16	resulting from natural or man-made catastrophes, riots, [or]
17	17	hostile military or paramilitary action, or cyber attacks;
18	18	(2) prepare for prompt and efficient rescue, care, and
19	19	treatment of persons victimized or threatened by disaster;
20	20	(3) provide a setting conducive to the rapid and
21	21	orderly restoration and rehabilitation of persons and property
22	22	affected by disasters;
23	23	(4) clarify and strengthen the roles of the governor,
24	24	state agencies, the judicial branch of state government, and local
25	25	governments in prevention of, preparation for, response to, and
26	26	recovery from disasters;
27	27	(5) authorize and provide for cooperation in disaster
28	28	mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery;
29	29	(6) authorize and provide for coordination of
30	30	activities relating to disaster mitigation, preparedness,
31	31	response, and recovery by agencies and officers of this state, and
32	32	similar state-local, interstate, federal-state, and foreign
33	33	activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may
34	34	participate;
35	35	(7) provide an emergency management system embodying
36	36	all aspects of predisaster preparedness and postdisaster response;
37	37	(8) assist in mitigation of disasters caused or
38	38	aggravated by inadequate planning for and regulation of public and
39	39	private facilities and land use; and
40	40	(9) provide the authority and mechanism to respond to
41	41	an energy emergency.
42	42	SECTION 2. Section 418.004, Government Code, is amended by
43	43	amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as
44	44	follows:
45	45	(1) "Cyber attack" means an attempt to damage,
46	46	disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to a computer, computer
47	47	network, or computer system.
48	48	(1-a) "Disaster" means the occurrence or imminent
49	49	threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or
50	50	property resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including
51	51	fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill or
52	52	other water contamination, volcanic activity, epidemic, air
53	53	contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot,
54	54	hostile military or paramilitary action, cyber attack, extreme
55	55	heat, other public calamity requiring emergency action, or energy
56	56	emergency.
57	57	SECTION 3. Section 418.0195(b), Government Code, is amended
58	58	to read as follows:
59	59	(b) The governor may order the Department of Information
60	60	Resources to disconnect a computer network from the Internet in the
61	61	event of a cyber attack or other substantial external threat to the
62	62	computer network.
63	63	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
64	64	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
65	65	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
66	66	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
67	67	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.