Bill Text: TX HB1784 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to management and storage of state records and information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Received from the House [HB1784 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1784-Engrossed.html
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By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 1784 |
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relating to management and storage of state records and | ||
information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 441.1825 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 441.1825. STATE INFORMATION GOVERNANCE COORDINATOR. | ||
(a) The director and librarian shall employ a state information | ||
governance coordinator in the commission's records management | ||
division. | ||
(b) The state information governance coordinator shall: | ||
(1) ensure records management programs are | ||
implemented by state agencies for all media types; | ||
(2) assist state agencies in complying with the | ||
agencies' records management programs; | ||
(3) increase overall awareness and outreach for state | ||
agency records management programs; and | ||
(4) coordinate with the Department of Information | ||
Resources to ensure state agencies comply with this subchapter and | ||
the strategy developed under Section 2054.069. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 441.183, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 441.183. RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN STATE | ||
AGENCIES. (a) The agency head of each state agency shall: | ||
(1) establish and maintain a records management | ||
program on a continuing and active basis; | ||
(2) create and maintain records containing adequate | ||
and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, | ||
decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency | ||
designed to furnish information to protect the financial and legal | ||
rights of the state and any person affected by the activities of the | ||
agency; | ||
(3) make certain that all records of the agency are | ||
passed to the agency head's successor in the position of agency | ||
head; | ||
(4) identify and take adequate steps to protect | ||
confidential and vital state records; | ||
(5) cooperate with the commission in the conduct of | ||
state agency records management surveys; and | ||
(6) cooperate with the commission, the director and | ||
librarian, and any other authorized designee of the director and | ||
librarian in fulfilling their duties under this subchapter. | ||
(b) This subsection applies only to a state agency that is a | ||
department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the | ||
executive branch of state government. This subsection does not | ||
apply to an institution of higher education, as defined by Section | ||
61.003, Education Code. As part of a records management program | ||
established under Subsection (a), the agency head of a state agency | ||
to which this subsection applies shall require training for agency | ||
employees, annually and on employment with the agency, regarding | ||
the records management program, including the agency's approved | ||
records retention schedule. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter L, Chapter 441, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 441.1856 and 441.1857 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 441.1856. TEXAS DIGITAL ARCHIVE. (a) The commission | ||
shall maintain and operate a digital repository for the | ||
preservation of and access to permanently valuable archival state | ||
records, reports, and publications. | ||
(b) The commission, in collaboration with the Department of | ||
Information Resources, shall develop a strategy, consistent with | ||
state records management and archival practices, for state agencies | ||
to transfer appropriate archival state records that are in | ||
electronic format to the commission for inclusion in the digital | ||
repository described by Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 441.1857. DATA CLASSIFICATION, SECURITY, AND | ||
RETENTION REQUIREMENTS. At the initiation of a project, a state | ||
agency shall classify the data produced from or used in the project | ||
and determine appropriate data security and retention requirements | ||
for each classification. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 2054.0286, Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.0286. CHIEF DATA OFFICER [ |
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department funds, shall employ a chief data officer [ |
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(1) improve the control and security of information | ||
collected by state agencies; | ||
(2) promote between state agencies the sharing of | ||
information, including customer information; [ |
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(3) reduce information collection costs incurred by | ||
this state; and | ||
(4) assist the department in the development and | ||
management of a data portal for use by state agencies. | ||
(b) The chief data officer [ |
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shall develop and implement best practices among state agencies to: | ||
(1) improve interagency information coordination; | ||
(2) reduce duplicative information collection; | ||
(3) increase accountability and ensure compliance | ||
with statutes and rules requiring agencies to share information; | ||
(4) improve information management and analysis to | ||
increase information security, uncover fraud and waste, reduce | ||
agency costs, improve agency operations, and verify compliance with | ||
applicable laws; | ||
(5) encourage agencies to collect and post on the | ||
agencies' Internet websites or the data portal managed by the | ||
department information related to an agency's [ |
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other data maintained by the agency that is in an open file format | ||
and is machine-readable, exportable, and easily accessible by the | ||
public; and | ||
(6) encourage the evaluation of open document formats | ||
for storing data and documents generated by state agencies. | ||
(c) Each state agency shall cooperate with the chief data | ||
officer [ |
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requirements of this section. | ||
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SECTION 5. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2054.069 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.069. STRATEGY FOR DATA STORAGE. (a) In this | ||
section, "statewide technology center" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 2054.375. | ||
(b) The department, in collaboration with the Texas State | ||
Library and Archives Commission, shall develop a strategy for the | ||
use of a statewide technology center for long-term non-archival | ||
records storage. | ||
SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2054.137 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.137. DESIGNATED DATA MANAGEMENT OFFICER. Each | ||
state agency with more than 150 full-time employees shall designate | ||
a full-time employee of the agency to serve as a data management | ||
officer. The data management officer shall: | ||
(1) coordinate with the chief data officer under | ||
Section 2054.0286; and | ||
(2) consider posting the agency's open data on the data | ||
portal managed by the department. | ||
SECTION 7. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of Information Resources shall adopt | ||
rules to implement Section 2054.0286, Government Code, as amended | ||
by this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |