By: Campbell, Nichols S.B. No. 564
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to
  certain meetings of a governing body relating to information
  technology security practices.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 551.089, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 551.089.  DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR
  SECURITY AUDITS; CLOSED MEETING [DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
  RESOURCES]. This chapter does not require a governmental body [the
  governing board of the Department of Information Resources] to
  conduct an open meeting to deliberate:
               (1)  security assessments or deployments relating to
  information resources technology;
               (2)  network security information as described by
  Section 2059.055(b); or
               (3)  the deployment, or specific occasions for
  implementation, of security personnel, critical infrastructure, or
  security devices.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2059.055(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Network security information is confidential under this
  section if the information is:
               (1)  related to passwords, personal identification
  numbers, access codes, encryption, or other components of the
  security system of a governmental entity [state agency];
               (2)  collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a
  governmental entity to prevent, detect, or investigate criminal
  activity; or
               (3)  related to an assessment, made by or for a
  governmental entity or maintained by a governmental entity, of the
  vulnerability of a network to criminal activity.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.