1-1 By: Junell, McDonald, Martin H.B. No. 1010
1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)
1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1993;
1-4 April 27, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-5 International Relations, Trade, and Technology; May 18, 1993,
1-6 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-7 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 18, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-8 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-9 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-10 Truan x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Brown x
1-14 Carriker x
1-15 Harris of Tarrant x
1-16 Lucio x
1-17 Rosson x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1010 By: Truan
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to the state's use and acquisition of information
1-23 technologies.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. The Information Resources Management Act (Article
1-26 4413 (32j), Revised Statutes) is amended by adding Sections 10A,
1-27 13A, 17A, 18A, 18B, and 20A to read as follows:
1-28 Sec. 10A. INTERAGENCY LICENSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The
1-29 department shall appoint an advisory committee composed of state
1-30 agency purchasing, technical, and legal experts for the purpose of
1-31 studying and making recommendations about matters related to the
1-32 licensing of information resources technologies.
1-33 Sec. 13A. COST REDUCTION PLAN. (a) The department, with
1-34 the assistance of appropriate state agencies, shall prepare a
1-35 comprehensive plan that identifies actions the state can take
1-36 because of its purchasing power to reduce the cost of acquiring and
1-37 maintaining information resources technologies. The plan must
1-38 include specific recommendations for reducing costs and a timetable
1-39 for implementing the recommendations. To the extent allowed by
1-40 law, the department and each state agency, as appropriate, shall
1-41 implement the recommendations.
1-42 (b) The department shall complete the plan not later than
1-43 December 1, 1993, and shall promptly send a copy of the completed
1-44 plan to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, and appropriate
1-45 state agencies.
1-46 (c) This section expires September 1, 1995.
1-47 Sec. 17A. COMPARATIVE COST REVIEW FOR INTERNALLY DEVELOPED
1-48 APPLICATION OR PROJECT. (a) The department may direct an agency
1-49 to conduct a comparative cost review for an application or project
1-50 identified in an agency operating plan whose costs including
1-51 internal development costs are over $1,000,000 and that a state
1-52 agency proposes to develop or implement internally. The agency may
1-53 request the assistance of the department under this section. In
1-54 conducting the review, the agency and the department may:
1-55 (1) base its estimate of the total cost to the state
1-56 of the agency's future internal development or implementation of
1-57 the application or project on information provided under Sections
1-58 14-17 of this article; and
1-59 (2) seek and obtain information from other state
1-60 agencies and from nongovernmental entities on the probable total
1-61 cost to the state of the future development or implementation of
1-62 the application or project through a contract with a state agency
1-63 or with a nongovernmental entity;
1-64 (b) The department may require further information from the
1-65 agency on the total cost to the state of future internal
1-66 development or implementation by the agency of the application or
1-67 project.
1-68 (c) If the department determines that the probable total
2-1 future cost to the state of accomplishing the application or
2-2 project through a contract with another state agency or with a
2-3 nongovernmental entity would be less than 90 percent of the total
2-4 probable future cost to the state of continued internal development
2-5 or implementation of the application or project by the agency, the
2-6 department may require the agency to issue a request for bids or a
2-7 request for proposals, as provided by law, for the accomplishment
2-8 of the application or project through a contract with another state
2-9 agency or a nongovernmental entity.
2-10 (d) If a bid or proposal is received under Subsection (b) of
2-11 this section that would allow the agency to accomplish the
2-12 application or project at an acceptable level of quality and for an
2-13 acceptable period for a total cost to the state of less than 90
2-14 percent of the total cost to the state of continued internal
2-15 development or implementation, as that cost is determined by the
2-16 department, a contract for the accomplishment of the application or
2-17 project shall be awarded to the bidder with the lowest and best
2-18 bid, or the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the
2-19 state as determined from competitive sealed proposals.
2-20 (e) The department shall adopt rules and procedures to
2-21 govern the implementation of this section. Such rules may include
2-22 the waiver of the review and approval for expenditures below
2-23 certain limits, for emergency purposes, or after a designated time
2-24 period has elapsed.
2-25 Sec. 18A. COORDINATED NEGOTIATIONS FOR SOFTWARE. (a) A
2-26 state agency shall inform the department and the attorney general
2-27 when the agency intends to negotiate a contract or a licensing
2-28 agreement under which the agency will grant or receive a right
2-29 related to software.
2-30 (b) The agency shall send a proposed contract or license
2-31 related to software to the department and to the attorney general
2-32 for review and comment before the agency enters into the contract
2-33 or licensing agreement.
2-34 (c) The department, attorney general, and state agencies
2-35 shall enter into coordinated multiagency negotiations to obtain
2-36 software whenever possible to take advantage of the state's volume
2-37 purchasing power.
2-38 (d) Any state agency, department, or institution of higher
2-39 education that can purchase or contract for a licensing agreement
2-40 related to software that is at a lower cost than that negotiated by
2-41 the department for multiagency use, may do so.
2-42 Sec. 18B. PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) A state
2-43 agency may not enter into an interagency contract for the receipt
2-44 of information resources technologies, including a contract for
2-45 services and a contract under Section 21 of this article, unless
2-46 the agency complies with this section.
2-47 (b) A state agency that proposes to receive information
2-48 resources technologies under a contract with another state agency
2-49 must first give public notice of a request for proposals or a
2-50 request for bids.
2-51 (c) A state agency may not enter into an interagency
2-52 contract to receive information resources technologies if the
2-53 agency receives a bid or proposal under Subsection (b) of this
2-54 section under which the agency can receive the same or
2-55 substantially the same technologies from a private vendor for less
2-56 than 90 percent of the cost that would be incurred by the agency
2-57 under the interagency contract. If a bid or proposal is received
2-58 under Subsection (b) of this section that would allow the agency to
2-59 accomplish the application or project at an acceptable level of
2-60 quality and for an acceptable period for a total cost to the state
2-61 of less than 90 percent of the total cost to the state of the best
2-62 proposed interagency contract, as that cost is determined by the
2-63 department, a contract for the accomplishment of the application or
2-64 project shall be awarded to the bidder with the lowest and best
2-65 bid, or the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the
2-66 state as determined from competitive sealed proposals.
2-67 (d) The department by rule may define circumstances in which
2-68 certain interagency contracts that will cost less than a minimum
2-69 amount established by the department are excepted from the
2-70 requirements of this section or this article, if the department
3-1 determines that it would be more cost effective for the state.
3-2 Sec. 20A. AUDIT OF SOFTWARE INVENTORY, LICENSES, AND
3-3 CONTRACTS. Each state agency shall audit biennially the agency's
3-4 software inventory and the licenses and contracts related to the
3-5 inventory. The department and the attorney general on request
3-6 shall assist an agency to conduct the audit. An audit must
3-7 evaluate:
3-8 (1) whether the agency needs all the software in its
3-9 inventory;
3-10 (2) the state's rights and obligations under the
3-11 agency's software contracts and licensing agreements; and
3-12 (3) whether the agency may obtain better prices,
3-13 terms, or performance under its current or future software
3-14 contracts and licensing agreements.
3-15 SECTION 2. Section 9, Information Resources Management Act
3-16 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
3-17 follows:
3-18 Sec. 9. General powers and duties of department. (a) The
3-19 department may adopt rules, under the rule-making procedures of the
3-20 Administrative Procedure and Texas Register Act (Article 6252-13a,
3-21 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as necessary to carry out its
3-22 responsibility under this article.
3-23 (b) The department shall provide the leadership and
3-24 coordination of information resources management within state
3-25 government.
3-26 (c) The department may require each state agency to report
3-27 to the department:
3-28 (1) each agency's use of information resources
3-29 technologies;
3-30 (2) the impact of those technologies on the duties and
3-31 functions of the agency;
3-32 (3) the costs incurred by the agency in the
3-33 acquisition and use of those technologies;
3-34 (4) the categories of information produced by the
3-35 agency;
3-36 (5) the procedures followed in obtaining information
3-37 resources technologies; and
3-38 (6) other information relating to information
3-39 resources management that in the judgment of the department should
3-40 be reported.
3-41 (d) The department shall monitor national and international
3-42 standards relating to information resources technologies, develop
3-43 and publish policies, procedures, and standards relating to
3-44 information resources management by state agencies, and ensure
3-45 compliance with those policies, procedures, and standards.
3-46 (e) The department shall provide and coordinate an
3-47 information resources management training program for the
3-48 departments of government.
3-49 (f) At the request of a state agency, the <The> department
3-50 may provide technical and managerial assistance relating to
3-51 information resources management, including automation feasibility
3-52 studies, systems analysis and design, training, and technology
3-53 evaluation <at the request of a state agency>.
3-54 (g) The department may identify, develop, and recommend to
3-55 the Legislative Budget Board issues related to information
3-56 resources management to be considered when developing the
3-57 legislative budget instruction to state agencies. The department
3-58 shall inform the governor of issues that are recommended to the
3-59 Legislative Budget Board under this subsection.
3-60 (h) At the request of a state agency, the department may
3-61 assist the agency in the preparation of information resources
3-62 technologies projects to be submitted as part of the agency's
3-63 legislative appropriation request and may make recommendations on
3-64 any proposed projects. The recommendations under this subsection
3-65 apply to a project and not to a specific procurement or set of
3-66 specifications.
3-67 (i) The department shall establish an information resources
3-68 technology evaluation center for use by the department and other
3-69 state agencies.
3-70 (j) The department shall provide for all interagency use of
4-1 information resources technologies by state agencies, except for
4-2 telecommunications services provided by the <State Purchasing and>
4-3 General Services Commission under other law. The department may
4-4 provide for interagency use of information resources technologies
4-5 either directly or by certifying another state agency to provide
4-6 specified uses of information resources technologies to other state
4-7 agencies.
4-8 (k) The department shall operate, on a self-supporting
4-9 basis, a computer service facility and provide computer services to
4-10 state agencies that choose to subscribe to the service. This
4-11 Subsection shall expire effective August 31, 1994. Prior to the
4-12 expiration date, the department shall assist state agencies
4-13 subscribing to the service to obtain suitable alternative computer
4-14 services.
4-15 (l) The department may report to the governor and to the
4-16 presiding officer of each house of the legislature any factors that
4-17 in the opinion of the department are otherwise outside the mandate
4-18 of the department but that nevertheless inhibit or promote the
4-19 effective exchange and use of information in state government.
4-20 (m) The department may develop and maintain a client omnibus
4-21 registry and exchange data base to cover public and private health
4-22 and human services, programs, and clients and to facilitate the
4-23 exchange of data among the state's health and human services
4-24 agencies. The department must assure in maintaining the
4-25 information that:
4-26 (1) health and mental health communications and
4-27 records privileged under Chapter 239, Acts of the 66th Legislature,
4-28 Regular Session, 1979 (Article 5561h, Vernon's Texas Civil
4-29 Statutes), the Medical Practice Act (Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas
4-30 Civil Statutes), and the Texas Rules of Civil Evidence remain
4-31 confidential and privileged;
4-32 (2) personally identifiable health and mental health
4-33 communications and records of persons involved in the receipt or
4-34 delivery of health or human services are confidential and
4-35 privileged; and
4-36 (3) a private source is not required to provide
4-37 confidential health and mental health communications or records
4-38 unless a law specifically requires disclosure.
4-39 SECTION 3. Section 13, Information Resources Management Act
4-40 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is repealed.
4-41 SECTION 4. Section 15, Information Resources Management Act
4-42 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
4-43 follows:
4-44 Sec. 15. <INITIAL OPERATING PLANS. (a) Once each biennium,
4-45 each state agency's information resources manager shall prepare an
4-46 initial operating plan. An agency is not required to identify
4-47 specific acquisitions or the method of acquisition in the plan.
4-48 The plan must be approved by the governing body of the agency and
4-49 submitted to the department for approval not later than the date
4-50 that the agency is required to submit its first legislative
4-51 appropriations request.>
4-52 <(b) A state agency's initial operating plan must, for each
4-53 request under each Legislative Budget Board assumption:>
4-54 <(1) state how the agency's requested appropriations
4-55 for the management, operation, and procurement of information
4-56 resources would be spent;>
4-57 <(2) contain a summary of the agency's needs for
4-58 information resources technologies and the estimated cost of
4-59 meeting those needs during the next biennium;>
4-60 <(3) list the existing and proposed projects for the
4-61 agency during the next biennium, including:>
4-62 <(A) the anticipated measurable benefits of
4-63 those projects and the measurement standards used to determine
4-64 those benefits;>
4-65 <(B) the major resources required to conduct the
4-66 projects;>
4-67 <(C) the agency's estimated total cost of each
4-68 project by legislative program as found in the agency's legislative
4-69 appropriations request;>
4-70 <(D) the cost and implementation schedule for
5-1 each stage of each project;>
5-2 <(E) the number, type, approximate cost,
5-3 schedule, and, if known, the planned method of acquisition for all
5-4 procurements associated with each project that are subject to
5-5 review under department rules; and>
5-6 <(F) the estimated internal development costs
5-7 for each project, including an allocation of costs for the use of
5-8 fixed assets and an allocation for administrative costs;>
5-9 <(4) provide an estimate, given the estimated work
5-10 load, of the percentage of existing and proposed information
5-11 resources technologies that will be required after all existing and
5-12 proposed projects are implemented; and>
5-13 <(5) any other information the department considers
5-14 necessary.> PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE. (a) For purposes of this
5-15 section, a major information resources project is defined as any
5-16 information resources technology project identified in a state
5-17 agency's operating plan with development costs exceeding $1,000,000
5-18 and:
5-19 (1) requiring one year or longer to reach operations
5-20 status;
5-21 (2) involving more than one state agency; or
5-22 (3) substantially altering work methods of state
5-23 agency personnel or the delivery of services to clients.
5-24 (b) Appropriated funds may not be expended for a major
5-25 information resources project unless the project has received the
5-26 prior approval of a project review committee comprised of the
5-27 Legislative Budget Office, the department, and the state auditor's
5-28 office.
5-29 (c) The department shall develop rules or guidelines for use
5-30 by the project review committee in reviewing major information
5-31 resources projects.
5-32 SECTION 5. Section 16, Information Resources Management Act
5-33 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
5-34 follows:
5-35 Sec. 16. BIENNIAL <FINAL> OPERATING PLANS. (a) Each state
5-36 agency shall submit an <a final> operating plan to the department
5-37 not later than the 30th day after the date the General
5-38 Appropriations Act becomes law <the earliest of the following dates
5-39 of each odd-numbered year> which describes current and proposed
5-40 projects for the biennium<:>
5-41 <(1) September 1;>
5-42 <(2) the 60th day after the date the General
5-43 Appropriations Act becomes law if it becomes law on or before July
5-44 31 of that year; or>
5-45 <(3) the 30th day after the date the General
5-46 Appropriations Act becomes law if it becomes law after July 31 of
5-47 that year>.
5-48 (b) <At a minimum, the plan must include, in addition to the
5-49 information required in the initial operating plan, the following:
5-50 (1) the amount of money related to information resources actually
5-51 appropriated to the agency for the biennium beginning September 1;
5-52 and>
5-53 <(2) an identification of changes, if any, in the
5-54 agency's priorities for projects and associated procurements as set
5-55 forth in the initial operating plan.>
5-56 <(c) The department may consult the comptroller to verify a
5-57 state agency's approved funds.>
5-58 <(d)> A state agency shall amend its <final> operating plan
5-59 when necessary to reflect changes in the plan during a biennium.
5-60 <The plan shall also be amended if necessary to show the impact of
5-61 a consulting services contract or report that may affect software
5-62 development, hardware configuration, or changes in the agency's
5-63 management of information resources. The substance of any
5-64 amendment submitted to the plan must also be included in an
5-65 appropriate approved agency strategic plan or approved agency
5-66 strategic plan amendment.>
5-67 SECTION 6. Section 17, Information Resources Management Act
5-68 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
5-69 follows:
5-70 Sec. 17. Procedures for submitting and evaluating operating
6-1 plans. (a) The department by rule shall adopt instructions to
6-2 guide state agencies in their preparation of <initial operating
6-3 plans and final> operating plans. The instructions must:
6-4 (1) specify the format of the plans;
6-5 (2) specify the information required to be included in
6-6 the plans; <require the submission of the information required by
6-7 this article; and>
6-8 (3) list the general criteria that the department will
6-9 use to evaluate the plans; and
6-10 (4) specify procedures for the submission, review,
6-11 approval, and disapproval of plans and amendments, including
6-12 appellate procedures.
6-13 (b) <The department shall notify a state agency in writing
6-14 of the department's approval or disapproval of an initial operating
6-15 plan. The notification shall be sent not later than 120 days after
6-16 the date the department receives the plan.>
6-17 <(c) The department shall notify a state agency in writing
6-18 of the department's approval or disapproval of a final operating
6-19 plan. The notification shall be sent not later than 30 days after
6-20 the date the department receives the plan. If the department's
6-21 determination is due after September 1 of an odd-numbered year, a
6-22 state agency may operate as if the plan had been approved until the
6-23 department actually makes its determination.>
6-24 <(d) If the department disapproves a state agency's initial
6-25 operating plan or final operating plan, the department shall
6-26 provide to the agency in writing the reasons for the disapproval.
6-27 If the agency cannot resolve the problems that caused disapproval
6-28 within 30 days after the date the notice of disapproval is
6-29 received, the agency shall notify the department in writing of the
6-30 reasons why the problems cannot be resolved. The notification
6-31 shall be sent to the department not later than 30 days after the
6-32 date that the agency receives notice of the department's
6-33 disapproval.>
6-34 <(e) Before a state agency may amend its final operating
6-35 plan, the agency must submit the proposed amendment to the
6-36 department for approval. All amendments affecting operations
6-37 during a fiscal year must be submitted not later than June 1 of
6-38 that fiscal year. The department shall notify the agency of the
6-39 department's approval or disapproval not later than the 30th day
6-40 after the date the proposed amendment is received. If the
6-41 department disapproves a proposed amendment, the department shall
6-42 state the reasons for the disapproval in writing to the agency's
6-43 information resources manager. The department shall adopt rules
6-44 for the procedures a state agency must follow when submitting a
6-45 revision of proposed amendments to the department after the
6-46 department has disapproved the amendments.>
6-47 <(f) The department may not approve a state agency's initial
6-48 operating plan or final operating plan unless the agency has
6-49 submitted and the department has approved a current agency
6-50 strategic plan.>
6-51 <(g) A state agency that disagrees with the department's
6-52 disapproval of an initial operating plan, final operating plan, or
6-53 an amendment to either of those plans may submit a written request
6-54 to the department for special review. On receipt of a request, the
6-55 executive director shall inform the board. The board shall
6-56 consider the merits of the agency's position and make its decision
6-57 on the matter at the next regularly scheduled board meeting. The
6-58 state agency may appear and present its position at that meeting.
6-59 The decision of the board is final. The board shall adopt rules
6-60 for the fair and efficient administration of this subsection.>
6-61 <(h)> Each state agency shall submit a copy of its <final>
6-62 operating plan, as approved by the department, to the governor, the
6-63 Legislative Budget Board, and the state auditor not later than 30
6-64 days after the date that the department approves the plan. If an
6-65 agency fails to comply with this subsection, the governor may
6-66 direct the comptroller to deny the agency access to the agency's
6-67 appropriations that relate to the management of information
6-68 resources. The denial of access may continue until the governor is
6-69 satisfied with the agency's compliance with this subsection.
6-70 <(i) As a consequence of evaluating an initial operating
7-1 plan or a final operating plan, the department may require a state
7-2 agency to submit or obtain certain information as part of its
7-3 procurement process. This may be required when:>
7-4 <(1) an agency is planning a noncompetitive
7-5 procurement;>
7-6 <(2) an agency is planning a system conversion; or>
7-7 <(3) the department determines that the information
7-8 would be necessary or appropriate.>
7-9 SECTION 7. Section 18, Information Resources Management Act
7-10 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is repealed.
7-11 SECTION 8. Section 19, Information Resources Management Act
7-12 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
7-13 follows:
7-14 Sec. 19. Information resources managers. (a) The person
7-15 required to sign an agency's strategic plan, or that person's
7-16 designee, shall serve as the agency's information resources
7-17 manager. A member of the board of the department may not also
7-18 serve as the information resources manager of a state agency.
7-19 (b) <If the department performs substantially all
7-20 information processing for a state agency, the agency may designate
7-21 the department as the agency's information resources manager. The
7-22 department may by rule define the circumstances in which it may
7-23 serve as an agency's information resources manager.>
7-24 <(c)> Each state agency shall cooperate as necessary with
7-25 its information resources manager to enable that person to perform
7-26 the duties required of the information resources manager by law.
7-27 (c) <(d)> The department shall provide guidelines to state
7-28 agencies regarding the initial and continuing education
7-29 requirements needed for information resources managers <not later
7-30 than September 1, 1990, to be effective on September 1, 1992>. Any
7-31 person who is appointed the information resources manager of a
7-32 state agency before September 1, 1992, is exempt from the
7-33 requirements of the department regarding initial education needed
7-34 for that position. The department may provide educational materials
7-35 and seminars for state agencies and information resources managers.
7-36 (d) <(e)> The information resources manager is responsible
7-37 for the preparation of the operating plans under Sections
7-38 16 <15>-17 of this article<, and the annual performance report
7-39 under Section 20 of this article>.
7-40 SECTION 9. Section 20, Information Resources Management Act
7-41 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is amended to read as
7-42 follows:
7-43 Sec. 20. <ANNUAL> PERFORMANCE REPORTS. (a) Not later than
7-44 two months before a regular legislative session convenes, the
7-45 department <Each state agency's information resources manager>
7-46 shall provide a <prepare an annual> performance report to the
7-47 governor and to the legislature on the use of information resources
7-48 technologies by the state. The report shall:
7-49 (1) assess the progress made toward meeting the goals
7-50 and objectives of the state strategic plan for information
7-51 resources management;
7-52 (2) describe major accomplishments of the state or a
7-53 specific state agency in information resources management;
7-54 (3) describe major problems confronting the state or a
7-55 specific state agency in information resources management;
7-56 (4) provide a summary of the total expenditures for
7-57 information resources and information resources technologies by the
7-58 state; and
7-59 (5) provide recommendations for improving the
7-60 effectiveness and cost efficiency of the state's use of information
7-61 resources <describe the agency's management of information
7-62 resources in the preceding fiscal year>.
7-63 (b) The department shall make any interim reports to the
7-64 governor and to the legislature that it considers necessary <by
7-65 rule prescribe the format for the annual performance report>.
7-66 (c) The department shall have access to all information
7-67 resources and information resources technologies in any state
7-68 agency which the department determines are necessary to prepare a
7-69 report under this section <The annual performance report must
7-70 contain:>
8-1 <(1) an assessment, by application, of the progress
8-2 made toward implementing the agency strategic plan;>
8-3 <(2) an assessment of the progress made toward
8-4 implementing the agency's final operating plan, which notes and
8-5 explains any major differences between that plan and actual
8-6 accomplishments;>
8-7 <(3) a summary, by project, of the major functional
8-8 uses of information resources by the agency;>
8-9 <(4) a summary, by project, of the total estimated
8-10 expenditures for information resources management and use by the
8-11 agency, including allocated administrative costs;>
8-12 <(5) a comparison of the agency's expenditures for
8-13 information resources in the preceding fiscal year with the
8-14 appropriations for those resources in the agency's approved budget,
8-15 which notes and justifies differences between the two;>
8-16 <(6) an inventory, by major category as defined by
8-17 rule of the department, of the agency's information resources
8-18 technologies, which specifically identifies the resources acquired
8-19 during the preceding fiscal year; and>
8-20 <(7) an assessment of opportunities for participation
8-21 with other state agencies in the use and management of information
8-22 resources.>
8-23 <(d) Each state agency shall provide a copy of its annual
8-24 performance report to the department for review and analysis not
8-25 later than November 1 of each year. If a state agency fails to
8-26 comply with the due date without good cause, the department may
8-27 request the comptroller to deny the agency access to the agency's
8-28 appropriations that relate to the management of information
8-29 resources. If the comptroller denies access, the denial of access
8-30 may continue until the department is satisfied with the agency's
8-31 compliance with this subsection>.
8-32 SECTION 10. Section 21, Information Resources Management Act
8-33 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is repealed.
8-34 SECTION 11. Section 22, Information Resources Management Act
8-35 (Article 4413(32j), Revised Statutes), is repealed.
8-36 SECTION 12. Section 3.021, State Purchasing and General
8-37 Services Act (Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
8-38 repealed.
8-39 SECTION 13. The importance of this legislation and the
8-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
8-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
8-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
8-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
8-44 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
8-45 passage, and it is so enacted.
8-46 * * * * *
8-47 Austin,
8-48 Texas
8-49 May 18, 1993
8-50 Hon. Bob Bullock
8-51 President of the Senate
8-52 Sir:
8-53 We, your Committee on International Relations, Trade, and
8-54 Technology to which was referred H.B. No. 1010, have had the same
8-55 under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the
8-56 Senate with the recommendation that it do not pass, but that the
8-57 Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof do pass and be
8-58 printed.
8-59 Truan,
8-60 Chairman
8-61 * * * * *
8-62 WITNESSES
8-63 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 1010.