| 1 | 1 | | 88R12618 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lujan H.B. No. 3217 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a biennial audit by the Department of Information |
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| 8 | 8 | | Resources of state agency information technology infrastructure. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2054.068, Government |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2054.068. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT |
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| 13 | 13 | | AND REPORT. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Sections 2054.068(b), (c), (d), and (e), |
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| 15 | 15 | | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The department shall conduct a biennial audit of |
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| 17 | 17 | | [collect from each state agency information on] the status and |
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| 18 | 18 | | condition of each state [the] agency's information technology |
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| 19 | 19 | | infrastructure, including a review of [information regarding]: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the agency's: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) information security program, including any |
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| 22 | 22 | | information technology security measures used by the agency; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) hardware, including [(2)] an inventory of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | agency's servers, mainframes, cloud services, and other |
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| 25 | 25 | | information technology equipment; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (C) [(3) identification of] vendors that operate |
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| 27 | 27 | | and manage the agency's information technology infrastructure; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (D) software and licenses, including: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (i) purchase date and cost; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (ii) license length; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (iii) date of last use; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (iv) the purpose of the software or |
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| 33 | 33 | | license; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (E) information technology governance policies; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (F) cloud services; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (G) vendor-managed services; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (H) support services and the cost of those |
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| 38 | 38 | | services; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (I) network systems; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (J) digital data storage systems and security |
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| 41 | 41 | | measures; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (K) future information technology projects; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (L) information technology needs; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) any information technology issues reported by the |
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| 45 | 45 | | public; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) [(4)] any additional related issue [information |
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| 47 | 47 | | requested by] the department considers necessary. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) A state agency shall provide to the department: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) [the] information related to the subjects |
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| 50 | 50 | | described [required] by Subsection (b) [to the department] |
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| 51 | 51 | | according to a schedule determined by the department; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) access to the state agency's information |
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| 53 | 53 | | technology infrastructure. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (d) Not later than December 1 [November 15] of each |
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| 55 | 55 | | even-numbered year, the department shall submit to the governor, |
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| 56 | 56 | | chair of the house appropriations committee, chair of the senate |
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| 57 | 57 | | finance committee, speaker of the house of representatives, |
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| 58 | 58 | | lieutenant governor, and staff of the Legislative Budget Board a |
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| 59 | 59 | | consolidated report on the audits conducted [of the information |
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| 60 | 60 | | submitted by state agencies] under Subsection (b). |
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| 61 | 61 | | (e) The consolidated report required by Subsection (d) must |
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| 62 | 62 | | include: |
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| 63 | 63 | | (1) [include] an analysis and assessment of each state |
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| 64 | 64 | | agency's security and operational risks; [and] |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) for a state agency found to be at higher security |
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| 66 | 66 | | and operational risks, [include] a detailed analysis of agency |
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| 67 | 67 | | efforts to address the risks and related vulnerabilities; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) the information submitted by state agencies under |
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| 69 | 69 | | Subsection (c); |
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| 70 | 70 | | (4) the department's recommendations relating to the |
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| 71 | 71 | | state agency's information technology infrastructure; and |
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| 72 | 72 | | (5) a ranking of each state agency based on the |
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| 73 | 73 | | efficacy and ease of use of the agency's information technology |
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| 74 | 74 | | infrastructure. |
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| 75 | 75 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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