Bill Text: TX HB1604 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for and approval of a state agency's information security plan.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1604 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1604-Introduced.html

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85R7643 YDB-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 1604

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an acknowledgement of vulnerabilities and risks in a
state agency's information security plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.133, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The state agency shall include in the agency's
information security plan a written statement signed by the
executive head of the agency acknowledging that the executive head
is aware of the vulnerabilities and risks identified in the plan's
development.
SECTION 2. Section 2054.133(b-1), Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an information security plan submitted
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.