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.