Bill Text: TX SB1785 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1785 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1785-Introduced.html

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86R1585 JG-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1785

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the cybersecurity council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.512(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The cybersecurity council must include:
(1) one member who is an employee of the office of the
governor;
(2) one member of the senate appointed by the
lieutenant governor;
(3) one member of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; [and]
(4) one member who is an employee of the Elections
Division of the Office of the Secretary of State; and
(5) additional members appointed by the state
cybersecurity coordinator, including representatives of
institutions of higher education and private sector leaders.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.