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          AN ACT
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        relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to  | 
      
      
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        certain meetings of a governing body relating to information  | 
      
      
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        technology security practices. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 551.089, Government Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 551.089.  DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR  | 
      
      
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        SECURITY AUDITS; CLOSED MEETING [DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION 
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          RESOURCES].  This chapter does not require a governmental body [the 
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          governing board of the Department of Information Resources] to  | 
      
      
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        conduct an open meeting to deliberate: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  security assessments or deployments relating to  | 
      
      
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        information resources technology; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  network security information as described by  | 
      
      
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        Section 2059.055(b); or | 
      
      
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                     (3)  the deployment, or specific occasions for  | 
      
      
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        implementation, of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or  | 
      
      
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        security devices. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Section 2059.055(b), Government Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  Network security information is confidential under this  | 
      
      
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        section if the information is: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  related to passwords, personal identification  | 
      
      
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        numbers, access codes, encryption, or other components of the  | 
      
      
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        security system of a governmental entity [state agency]; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a  | 
      
      
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        governmental entity to prevent, detect, or investigate criminal  | 
      
      
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        activity; or | 
      
      
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                     (3)  related to an assessment, made by or for a  | 
      
      
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        governmental entity or maintained by a governmental entity, of the  | 
      
      
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        vulnerability of a network to criminal activity. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | 
      
      
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        ______________________________ | 
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 564 passed the Senate on  | 
      
      
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        April 10, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 564 passed the House on  | 
      
      
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        May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, two  | 
      
      
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        present not voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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        Approved: | 
      
      
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                  Governor |