Bill Text: TX HB2738 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Department of Information Resources regarding state agency technology efficiency.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective immediately [HB2738 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2738-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2738 |
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relating to a study by the Department of Information Resources | ||
regarding state agency technology efficiency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 2054, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter O to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER O. LEGACY SYSTEMS STUDY | ||
Sec. 2054.551. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "legacy | ||
system" means a computer system or application program that is | ||
operated with obsolete or inefficient hardware or software | ||
technology. | ||
Sec. 2054.552. STUDY. (a) The department shall conduct a | ||
study to identify legacy systems currently maintained by state | ||
agencies other than institutions of higher education. The study | ||
must include: | ||
(1) an inventory of the systems maintained by | ||
state agencies; | ||
(2) the annual cost and availability of resources | ||
to maintain the systems; | ||
(3) the security risks related to use of the | ||
systems; | ||
(4) if feasible, a cost estimate for updating the | ||
systems; and | ||
(5) a plan for assessing and prioritizing | ||
statewide modernization projects to update or replace the systems. | ||
(b) The department may contract with a private vendor to | ||
conduct the study. | ||
(c) On request by the department, each state agency shall | ||
provide to the department the information necessary for the study. | ||
The department may require a state agency to clarify or validate | ||
information provided by the agency or related to the study. | ||
Sec. 2054.553. REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2014, the | ||
department shall submit a report on its findings from the study | ||
conducted under Section 2054.552 and recommendations for | ||
modernization of legacy systems to: | ||
(1) the governor; | ||
(2) the lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
(4) the House Technology Committee; and | ||
(5) the Senate Committee on Government Organization. | ||
Sec. 2054.554. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires August | ||
31, 2015. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2738 was passed by the House on April | ||
11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2738 on May 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2738 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 9, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |