Bill Text: TX HB3875 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to cloud compatibility of certain state agency information technology purchases.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3875 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3875-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to cloud compatibility of certain state agency information technology purchases.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3875 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3875-Comm_Sub.html
By: Capriglione (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | H.B. No. 3875 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; | ||
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Business & Commerce; May 20, 2019, reported adversely, with | ||
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, | ||
Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3875 | By: Zaffirini |
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relating to cloud compatibility of certain state agency information | ||
technology purchases. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 2157.007, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 2157.007, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and | ||
(b-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Cloud computing service" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Special Publication 800-145 issued by the United States | ||
Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and | ||
Technology, as the definition existed on January 1, 2015. | ||
(2) "Major information resources project" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 2054.003. | ||
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system or a major information resources project, that the system or | ||
project is capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing | ||
services [ |
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(b-1) When making a purchase for an automated information | ||
system or a major information resources project, a state agency may | ||
determine that, due to integration limitations with legacy systems, | ||
security risks, or costs, the agency is unable to purchase a system | ||
or project capable of being deployed and run on cloud computing | ||
services. | ||
(b-2) At least 14 days before the date a state agency | ||
solicits bids, proposals, offers, or other applicable expressions | ||
of interest for a purchase described by Subsection (b-1), the | ||
agency shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board for the | ||
purchase of an automated information system or to the quality | ||
assurance team as defined by Section 2054.003 for the purchase of a | ||
major information resources project a report that describes the | ||
purchase and the agency's reasoning for making the purchase. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2157.007, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only with respect to a purchase made by a state | ||
agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A purchase made | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the purchase was made, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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