By: Duncan S.B. No. 410
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to state agency information resources management.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 2054.051, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-6 (f) The department shall identify opportunities for state
1-7 agencies to coordinate with each other in the adoption and
1-8 implementation of information resources technology projects.
1-9 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
1-10 amended by adding Section 2054.0535 to read as follows:
1-11 Sec. 2054.0535. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER. (a) On
1-12 determining that a state agency is not in compliance with a
1-13 requirement of this chapter, the director of the Legislative Budget
1-14 Board, in cooperation with the department and as soon as is
1-15 practicable, shall deliver written notice of the noncompliance to
1-16 the agency's executive director or other chief administrative
1-17 officer, the members of the agency's governing board, the
1-18 comptroller, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of
1-19 the house of representatives, and the members of the Legislative
1-20 Budget Board.
1-21 (b) The director of the Legislative Budget Board, in
1-22 cooperation with the department, may issue a certificate of
1-23 noncompliance to a state agency if, after receipt of notice under
1-24 Subsection (a), the agency fails to comply with a requirement of
1-25 this chapter within the period determined by the director.
2-1 (c) On request of the director of the Legislative Budget
2-2 Board following issuance of a certificate of noncompliance to a
2-3 state agency, the comptroller shall allow the agency to access the
2-4 agency's appropriations that relate to information resources,
2-5 including information resources technologies and projects, only
2-6 with prior approval of the Legislative Budget Board.
2-7 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 2054.096, Government
2-8 Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-9 (a) Each agency strategic plan must be consistent with the
2-10 state strategic plan and include:
2-11 (1) a statement of the state agency's goals,
2-12 objectives, and programs as found in the agency's legislative
2-13 appropriations request;
2-14 (2) a description of the agency's major data bases and
2-15 their applications;
2-16 (3) a description of the agency's information
2-17 resources management organizations, policies, and practices;
2-18 (4) a description of interagency computer networks in
2-19 which the agency participates;
2-20 (5) a statement of the strategic objectives of the
2-21 agency relating to information resources management for the next
2-22 five fiscal years, beginning with the fiscal year during which the
2-23 plan is submitted, with a description of how those objectives help
2-24 achieve the agency's programs and goals, and a description of how
2-25 those objectives support and promote the goals and policies of the
2-26 state strategic plan;
3-1 (6) a description of any information resources
3-2 technology projects proposed by the agency, including:
3-3 (A) a statement of how the projects relate to
3-4 similar projects implemented or proposed by other agencies, as
3-5 identified by the department or the agency; and
3-6 (B) a description of any proposed plans for
3-7 coordinating the projects with other agencies; and
3-8 (7) [(6)] other planning components that the
3-9 department may prescribe.
3-10 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.