LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 25, 2013

TO:	Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Government Organization
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1597 by Zaffirini (Relating to the development of state agency information security plans.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code, Chapter 2054 to require all state agencies to develop and update an information security plan, which shall be submitted to the Department of Information Resources every two years.

Multiple agencies including the Department of Information Resources (DIR), the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA), the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), the Employees Retirement System (ERS), the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) anticipate any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 313 Department of Information Resources, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 323 Teacher Retirement System, 327 Employees Retirement System, 529 Health and Human Services Commission

LBB Staff:

UP, KJo, JI, JJO, JW