By: Lucio S.B. No. 1772 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to telecommunications in state facilities. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is amended 1-4 by adding Chapter 2055 to read as follows: 1-5 CHAPTER 2055. STATE AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1-6 Sec. 2055.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter: 1-7 (1) "Commission" means the General Services 1-8 Commission. 1-9 (2) "Department" means the Department of Information 1-10 Resources. 1-11 (3) "Installation" includes replacement. 1-12 (4) "State agency" and "telecommunications" have the 1-13 meanings assigned those terms by Section 2054.003. 1-14 Sec. 2055.002. TELECOMMUNICATIONS WIRING STANDARDS. 1-15 (a) The department shall establish standards for 1-16 telecommunications wiring to be used in a facility owned or leased 1-17 by the state or a state agency. 1-18 (b) A state agency may not install telecommunications wiring 1-19 in a facility owned or leased by the state or the agency unless the 1-20 department determines that the installation will meet the standards 1-21 established under this section. 2-1 (c) Before beginning the installation, the state agency 2-2 shall submit to the department a plan, in a form prescribed by the 2-3 department, of the proposed installation. If the department 2-4 determines that the plan meets the standards established under this 2-5 section, the department shall approve the plan. If the department 2-6 determines that the plan does not meet those standards, the 2-7 department shall provide the state agency a statement of the plan's 2-8 deficiencies. If the department does not approve the plan or 2-9 provide the statement of deficiencies before the 11th working day 2-10 after the date the plan was submitted, the plan is considered 2-11 approved and the agency may make the installation. 2-12 Sec. 2055.003. TELECOMMUNICATIONS NEEDS OF NEW FACILITY; 2-13 STATEWIDE CONTRACT. (a) Before a state agency moves to or expands 2-14 a facility, the agency shall notify the commission of its intent. 2-15 The commission, in conjunction with the agency and other interested 2-16 entities, shall analyze the telecommunications requirements of the 2-17 facility and any alternative sites, including the estimated cost of 2-18 installation of necessary telecommunications wiring or other 2-19 telecommunications equipment. 2-20 (b) The commission may enter a statewide contract for 2-21 services related to installation of telecommunications wiring and 2-22 other telecommunications equipment in facilities owned or leased by 2-23 the state or state agencies. 2-24 (c) If a new state agency responsible for state 2-25 telecommunications is created by an Act of the 75th Legislature, 3-1 Regular Session, 1997, the duties provided for the commission by 3-2 this section shall be performed by that agency. 3-3 Sec. 2055.004. SHARED FACILITY. (a) To the extent 3-4 practicable, the commission shall require state agencies located in 3-5 the same facility to share a single telecommunications system. The 3-6 commission shall develop a five-year plan relating to location of 3-7 multiple state agencies in the common facilities and provide a 3-8 written report of the plan to the department. The department shall 3-9 advise the commission on system specifications, selection, and 3-10 installation of telecommunications wiring and other 3-11 telecommunications equipment in the facilities, including 3-12 compatibility of existing and future wiring and equipment and 3-13 methods of acquisition. 3-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 3-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.