87R9529 CJC-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 4017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to legislative oversight of investment in state agency
information technology improvement and modernization projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Q, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.577 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.577. JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.
(a) In this section, "committee" means the Joint Oversight
Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement and
Modernization Projects.
(b) The committee is created to review investment and
funding strategies for projects to improve or modernize state
agency information technology systems.
(c) The committee is composed of six members as follows:
(1) three members of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor; and
(2) three members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) The presiding officer of the committee shall alternate
annually between:
(1) a member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant
governor; and
(2) a member of the house of representatives appointed
by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(e) A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment.
(f) The committee biennially shall provide a written report
to the legislature that:
(1) identifies:
(A) existing and planned projects to improve or
modernize state agency information technology systems; and
(B) the method of funding for each project
identified by the committee under Paragraph (A); and
(2) includes:
(A) a determination by the committee of the
amount necessary to fully fund each project identified under
Subdivision (1) to completion; and
(B) strategies developed by the committee to
ensure a long-term investment solution for projects to improve or
modernize state agency information technology systems is in place,
including strategies to:
(i) access the full amount of federal money
available for those projects; and
(ii) use information gathered by the
department during previous projects to improve the management,
oversight, and transparency of future projects.
(g) The department shall provide staff support for the
committee.
(h) The committee:
(1) has the powers of a joint committee; and
(2) may obtain funding in the same manner as a joint
committee.
(i) The rules adopted by the 87th Legislature for the
administration of joint committees apply to the committee to the
extent the rules are consistent with this section.
(j) The committee is abolished and this section expires
September 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "committee" means the Joint
Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology
Improvement and Modernization Projects.
(b) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
representatives shall make appointments to the committee not later
than the 30th day after the effective date of this Act.
(c) The speaker of the house of representatives shall
appoint the initial presiding officer of the committee.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.