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Amend SB 1910 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is amended by adding Sections 2054.0591 and 2054.0592 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.0591. CYBERSECURITY REPORT. (a) Not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year, the departments shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing committee of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over state government operations a report identifying preventive and recovery efforts the state can undertake to improve cybersecurity in this state. The report must include:
(1) an assessment of the resources available to address the operational and financial impacts of a cybersecurity event;
(2) a review of existing statutes regarding cybersecurity and information resources technologies;
(3) recommendations for legislative action to increase the state's cybersecurity and protect against adverse impacts from a cybersecurity event;
(4) an evaluation of the costs and benefits of cybersecurity insurance; and
(5) an evaluation of tertiary disaster recovery options.
(b) The department or a recipient of a report under this section may redact or withhold information confidential under Chapter 552, including Section 552.139, or other state or federal law that is contained in the report in response to a request under Chapter 552 without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G, Chapter 552.
Sec. 2054.0592. CYBERSECURITY EMERGENCY FUNDING. If a cybersecurity event creates a need for emergency funding, the department may request that the governor or Legislative Budget Board make a proposal under Chapter 317 to provide funding to manage the operational and financial impacts from the cybersecurity event.