By: Watson  S.B. No. 279
         (In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2013; February 5, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Select Committee on Open
  Government; February 27, 2013, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; February 27, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain information about high-value data sets provided
  by state agencies to the Department of Information Resources.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2054.1265, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  A state agency that posts a high-value data set on the
  Internet website maintained by or for the agency shall provide the
  department with a brief description of the data set and a link to
  the data set. The department shall post the description and link on
  the state electronic Internet portal.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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