By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1877

(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2015; March 25, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; April 20, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1877 By: Watson

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of a data use agreement for the state agency's employees and to training related to that agreement.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2054.134 to read as follows:

Sec. 2054.134. DATA USE AGREEMENT. (a) Each state agency shall develop a data use agreement for use by the agency that meets the particular needs of the agency and is consistent with rules adopted by the department that relate to information security standards for state agencies.

(b) A state agency shall update the data use agreement at least biennially, but may update the agreement at any time as necessary to accommodate best practices in data management.

(c) A state agency shall distribute the data use agreement developed under this section, and each update to that agreement, to employees of the agency. An employee of the agency shall sign the data use agreement distributed and each update to the agreement.

(d) To the extent possible, a state agency shall provide employees of the agency with cybersecurity awareness training to coincide with the distribution of:

(1) the data use agreement required under this section; and

(2) each biennial update to that agreement.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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