By Ellis S.B. No. 1340
77R4531 MXM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation of a division to study transferring to
1-3 private contractors certain state agency personal computing
1-4 equipment and the responsibility for computer services.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 2054, Government Code, is amended by
1-7 adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
1-8 SUBCHAPTER I. SEAT MANAGEMENT DIVISION
1-9 Sec. 2054.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
1-10 (1) "Division" means the seat management division
1-11 created under this subchapter.
1-12 (2) "Seat management" means the seat management method
1-13 described by Section 2054.254(b).
1-14 Sec. 2054.252. CREATION. The department shall create a seat
1-15 management division to:
1-16 (1) conduct the study under Section 2054.253; and
1-17 (2) make recommendations under Section 2054.254.
1-18 Sec. 2054.253. TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP STUDIES. (a) The
1-19 department shall select 10 to 12 state agencies to participate in a
1-20 pilot study. Each agency shall study the total cost of all
1-21 personal computers and related systems used by the agency,
1-22 including both owned and leased systems. The study must include:
1-23 (1) direct costs, including costs for hardware,
1-24 software, peripheral equipment, networks, management and support
2-1 labor hours, systems development, and communications; and
2-2 (2) indirect costs, including computer downtime and
2-3 end-user training, self-teaching, support, and any other costs
2-4 related to the use of the personal computer.
2-5 (b) The department, including the division, on request shall
2-6 assist an agency in complying with this section.
2-7 (c) Not later than May 1, 2002, each agency shall report on
2-8 the results of its study to the department, including the division.
2-9 Sec. 2054.254. STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON USE OF PRIVATE
2-10 CONTRACTORS TO IMPLEMENT SEAT MANAGEMENT. (a) The division shall
2-11 analyze the results of the studies under Section 2054.253 to assess
2-12 the feasibility of establishing a statewide seat management system
2-13 at the time the assessment is completed or at a later time.
2-14 (b) As part of this feasibility study, the division shall
2-15 analyze seat management, through which a state agency transfers its
2-16 personal computer equipment and services responsibilities to a
2-17 private vendor as described by this subsection. The agency would
2-18 hire a single private vendor to manage the personal computing needs
2-19 for each desktop in a state agency, including all necessary
2-20 hardware, software, and support services. Under this method, the
2-21 vendor would be responsible for some or all planning, installation,
2-22 configuration, testing, maintenance, repair, upgrading, training,
2-23 project management, asset management, disposal, and other services
2-24 related to the agency's personal computing needs. Subject to the
2-25 agency's needs and a vendor contract, a vendor selected by the
2-26 agency would satisfy the agency's personal computer needs,
2-27 including:
3-1 (1) personal computer acquisition and support;
3-2 (2) local area networks;
3-3 (3) Internet access;
3-4 (4) electronic mail;
3-5 (5) help desk support for user questions and
3-6 maintenance requests;
3-7 (6) remote access needs;
3-8 (7) technology upgrades necessary to keep equipment
3-9 current; and
3-10 (8) any other data, voice, and video communication
3-11 needs.
3-12 (c) The division shall study different types of contracts
3-13 that could be used to implement seat management.
3-14 (d) Not later than November 1, 2002, the division shall
3-15 report its recommendations to the presiding officer of each house
3-16 of the legislature and to the committees of each house of the
3-17 legislature that have primary oversight jurisdiction over the
3-18 department. The recommendations must include:
3-19 (1) an appropriate plan to transfer each state
3-20 agency's computer equipment and service responsibilities to private
3-21 contractors;
3-22 (2) an estimate of implementation costs;
3-23 (3) an estimate of potential savings due to the
3-24 transfer; and
3-25 (4) a plan for developing seat management contracts,
3-26 including the development of a multiple award schedule of
3-27 contracts.
4-1 Sec. 2054.255. PERSONAL COMPUTER INVENTORY REPORTING BY
4-2 STATE AGENCIES. Not later than September 1, 2002, and September 1,
4-3 2003, each state agency shall provide the division with an
4-4 inventory of all personal computers used by that agency as of June
4-5 1, 2002, and June 1, 2003, respectively.
4-6 Sec. 2054.256. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires
4-7 September 2, 2003.
4-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
4-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
4-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.