By Duncan                                              S.B. No. 410
         77R1802 BDH-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to state agency information resources technology projects.
 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.  Section 2054.096(a), Government Code, is amended
1-10     to read as follows:
1-11           (a)  Each agency strategic plan must be consistent with the
1-12     state strategic plan and include:
1-13                 (1)  a statement of the state agency's goals,
1-14     objectives, and programs as found in the agency's legislative
1-15     appropriations request;
1-16                 (2)  a description of the agency's major data bases and
1-17     their applications;
1-18                 (3)  a description of the agency's information
1-19     resources management organizations, policies, and practices;
1-20                 (4)  a description of interagency computer networks in
1-21     which the agency participates;
1-22                 (5)  a statement of the strategic objectives of the
1-23     agency relating to information resources management for the next
1-24     five fiscal years, beginning with the fiscal year during which the
 2-1     plan is submitted, with a description of how those objectives help
 2-2     achieve the agency's programs and goals, and a description of how
 2-3     those objectives support and promote the goals and policies of the
 2-4     state strategic plan;
 2-5                 (6)  a description of any information resources
 2-6     technology projects proposed by the agency, including:
 2-7                       (A)  a statement of how the projects relate to
 2-8     similar projects, as identified by the department, implemented or
 2-9     proposed by other agencies; and
2-10                       (B)  a description of any proposed plans for
2-11     coordinating the projects with other agencies;  and
2-12                 (7) [(6)]  other planning components that the
2-13     department may prescribe.
2-14           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.