By: Blanco S.B. No. 851
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2021; March 11, 2021,
read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
March 30, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 15,
Nays 0; March 30, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.512(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The cybersecurity council must include:
(1) one member who is an employee of the office of the
governor;
(2) one member of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor;
(3) one member of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; [and]
(4) one member who is an employee of the Elections
Division of the Office of the Secretary of State; and
(5) additional members appointed by the state
cybersecurity coordinator, including representatives of
institutions of higher education and private sector leaders.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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