By: Johnson  S.B. No. 498
         (In the Senate - Filed January 18, 2023; February 17, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  March 27, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
  Nays 0; March 27, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the operation of statewide technology centers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2054.378, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The department may operate statewide technology centers
  to provide [two or more] governmental entities, on a cost-sharing
  basis, services relating to:
               (1)  information resources and information resources
  technology; and
               (2)  the deployment, development, and maintenance of
  software applications.
         (c)  The department by rule shall specify the services a
  statewide technology center may provide.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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