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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of |
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a data use agreement for the state agency's employees and to |
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training related to that agreement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2054.134 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2054.134. DATA USE AGREEMENT. (a) Each state agency |
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shall develop a data use agreement for use by the agency that meets |
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the particular needs of the agency and is consistent with rules |
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adopted by the department that relate to information security |
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standards for state agencies. |
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(b) A state agency shall update the data use agreement at |
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least biennially, but may update the agreement at any time as |
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necessary to accommodate best practices in data management. |
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(c) A state agency shall distribute the data use agreement |
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developed under this section, and each update to that agreement, to |
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employees of the agency. An employee of the agency shall sign the |
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data use agreement distributed and each update to the agreement. |
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(d) To the extent possible, a state agency shall provide |
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employees of the agency with cybersecurity awareness training to |
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coincide with the distribution of: |
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(1) the data use agreement required under this |
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section; and |
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(2) each biennial update to that agreement. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |