Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB345 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R2931 MWC-D
2	2	By: Paxton S.B. No. 345
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to state agency and local government compliance with
8	8	cybersecurity training requirements.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 772, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 772.012 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 772.012. COMPLIANCE WITH CYBERSECURITY TRAINING
13	13	REQUIREMENTS. (a) In this section, "local government" has the
14	14	meaning assigned by Section 2054.003.
15	15	(b) To apply for a grant under this chapter, a local
16	16	government must submit with the grant application a written
17	17	certification of the local government's compliance with the
18	18	cybersecurity training required by Section 2054.5191.
19	19	(c) On a determination by the criminal justice division
20	20	established under Section 772.006 that a local government awarded a
21	21	grant under this chapter has not complied with the cybersecurity
22	22	training required by Section 2054.5191, the local government shall
23	23	pay to this state an amount equal to the amount of the grant award.
24	24	A local government that is the subject of a determination described
25	25	by this subsection is ineligible for another grant under this
26	26	chapter until the second anniversary of the date the local
27	27	government is determined ineligible.
28	28	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 2054.5191, Government
29	29	Code, is amended to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 2054.5191. CYBERSECURITY TRAINING REQUIRED: CERTAIN
31	31	EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS.
32	32	SECTION 3. Sections 2054.5191(a-1) and (b), Government
33	33	Code, are amended to read as follows:
34	34	(a-1) At least once each year, a local government shall:
35	35	(1) identify local government employees and elected
36	36	and appointed officials who have access to a local government
37	37	computer system or database and use a computer to perform at least
38	38	25 percent of the employee's or official's required duties; and
39	39	(2) require the [those] employees and [elected]
40	40	officials identified under Subdivision (1) [of the local
41	41	government] to complete a cybersecurity training program certified
42	42	under Section 2054.519 or offered under Section 2054.519(f).
43	43	(b) The governing body of a local government may select the
44	44	most appropriate cybersecurity training program certified under
45	45	Section 2054.519 or offered under Section 2054.519(f) for employees
46	46	and officials of the local government to complete. The governing
47	47	body shall:
48	48	(1) verify and report on the completion of a
49	49	cybersecurity training program by employees and officials of the
50	50	local government to the department; and
51	51	(2) require periodic audits to ensure compliance with
52	52	this section.
53	53	SECTION 4. Section 2056.002(b), Government Code, is amended
54	54	to read as follows:
55	55	(b) The Legislative Budget Board and the governor's office
56	56	shall determine the elements required to be included in each
57	57	agency's strategic plan. Unless modified by the Legislative Budget
58	58	Board and the governor's office, and except as provided by
59	59	Subsection (c), a plan must include:
60	60	(1) a statement of the mission and goals of the state
61	61	agency;
62	62	(2) a description of the indicators developed under
63	63	this chapter and used to measure the output and outcome of the
64	64	agency;
65	65	(3) identification of the groups of people served by
66	66	the agency, including those having service priorities, or other
67	67	service measures established by law, and estimates of changes in
68	68	those groups expected during the term of the plan;
69	69	(4) an analysis of the use of the agency's resources to
70	70	meet the agency's needs, including future needs, and an estimate of
71	71	additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;
72	72	(5) an analysis of expected changes in the services
73	73	provided by the agency because of changes in state or federal law;
74	74	(6) a description of the means and strategies for
75	75	meeting the agency's needs, including future needs, and achieving
76	76	the goals established under Section 2056.006 for each area of state
77	77	government for which the agency provides services;
78	78	(7) a description of the capital improvement needs of
79	79	the agency during the term of the plan and a statement, if
80	80	appropriate, of the priority of those needs;
81	81	(8) identification of each geographic region of this
82	82	state, including the Texas-Louisiana border region and the
83	83	Texas-Mexico border region, served by the agency, and if
84	84	appropriate the agency's means and strategies for serving each
85	85	region;
86	86	(9) a description of the training of the agency's
87	87	contract managers under Section 656.052;
88	88	(10) an analysis of the agency's expected expenditures
89	89	that relate to federally owned or operated military installations
90	90	or facilities, or communities where a federally owned or operated
91	91	military installation or facility is located;
92	92	(11) an analysis of the strategic use of information
93	93	resources as provided by the instructions prepared under Section
94	94	2054.095; [and]
95	95	(12) a written certification of the agency's
96	96	compliance with the cybersecurity training required under Sections
97	97	2054.5191 and 2054.5192; and
98	98	(13) other information that may be required.
99	99	SECTION 5. (a) Section 772.012, Government Code, as added
100	100	by this Act, applies only to a grant application submitted by a
101	101	local government on or after September 1, 2021.
102	102	(b) Section 2056.002(b), Government Code, as amended by
103	103	this Act, applies only to a strategic plan submitted by a state
104	104	agency on or after January 1, 2022.
105	105	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
106	106	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
107	107	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
108	108	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
109	109	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.