85R7643 YDB-D
 
  By: Blanco H.B. No. 1604
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an acknowledgement of vulnerabilities and risks in a
  state agency's information security plan.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2054.133, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  The state agency shall include in the agency's
  information security plan a written statement signed by the
  executive head of the agency acknowledging that the executive head
  is aware of the vulnerabilities and risks identified in the plan's
  development.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2054.133(b-1), Government Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to an information security plan submitted
  on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.