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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and |
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modernization projects for state agency information resources. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Q, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 2054.577 and 2054.578 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 2054.577. TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION |
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FUND. (a) The technology improvement and modernization fund is a |
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special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue |
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fund. |
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(b) The fund consists of: |
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(1) money transferred or deposited to the credit of |
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the fund at the direction of the legislature; |
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(2) money received from the federal government for the |
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purposes of improving and modernizing state agency information |
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resources; |
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(3) gifts, donations, and grants to the fund, |
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including federal grants; and |
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(4) interest earned on the investment of money in the |
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fund. |
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(c) Money in the fund: |
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(1) may be used to improve and modernize state agency |
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information resources, including legacy system projects and |
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cybersecurity projects; and |
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(2) may not be used to replace money appropriated to a |
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state agency for the purposes of operating and maintaining state |
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agency information resources or reduce the amount of money |
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appropriated to a state agency for those purposes. |
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(d) Section 404.071 does not apply to the fund. |
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Sec. 2054.578. JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT IN |
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS. |
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(a) In this section, "committee" means the Joint Oversight |
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Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement and |
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Modernization Projects. |
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(b) The committee is created to review investment and |
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funding strategies for projects to improve or modernize state |
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agency information resources technologies. |
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(c) The committee is composed of six members as follows: |
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(1) three members of the senate appointed by the |
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lieutenant governor; and |
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(2) three members of the house of representatives |
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appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. |
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(d) The presiding officer of the committee shall alternate |
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annually between: |
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(1) a member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant |
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governor; and |
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(2) a member of the house of representatives appointed |
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by the speaker of the house of representatives. |
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(e) A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same |
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manner as the original appointment. |
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(f) The committee biennially shall provide a written report |
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to the legislature that: |
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(1) identifies: |
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(A) existing and planned projects to improve or |
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modernize state agency information resources technologies; and |
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(B) the method of funding for each project |
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identified by the committee under Paragraph (A); and |
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(2) includes: |
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(A) a determination by the committee of the |
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amount necessary to fully fund each project identified under |
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Subdivision (1) to completion; and |
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(B) strategies developed by the committee to |
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ensure a long-term investment solution for projects to improve or |
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modernize state agency information resources technologies is in |
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place, including strategies to: |
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(i) access the full amount of federal money |
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available for those projects; and |
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(ii) use information gathered by the |
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department during previous projects to improve the management, |
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oversight, and transparency of future projects. |
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(g) The department shall provide staff support for the |
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committee. |
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(h) The committee: |
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(1) has the powers of a joint committee; and |
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(2) may obtain funding in the same manner as a joint |
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committee. |
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(i) The rules adopted by the 87th Legislature for the |
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administration of joint committees apply to the committee to the |
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extent the rules are consistent with this section. |
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(j) The committee is abolished and this section expires |
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September 1, 2026. |
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SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "committee" means the Joint |
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Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology |
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Improvement and Modernization Projects. |
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(b) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives shall make appointments to the committee not later |
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than the 30th day after the effective date of this Act. |
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(c) The speaker of the house of representatives shall |
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appoint the initial presiding officer of the committee. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |