LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 28, 2017

TO:
Honorable Kelly Hancock, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB564 by Campbell (Relating to the applicability of open meetings requirements to certain meetings of a governing body relating to information technology security practices.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Government Code to exempt a governmental body, as defined in Chapter 551, from open meeting requirements when deliberating certain security-related topics. The bill would also specify that certain network security information of a governmental entity is confidential.  It is assumed that any costs to implement the provisions of the bill can be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
313 Department of Information Resources
LBB Staff:
UP, CL, NV, LCO