SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 2054.001 - Legislative Findings And Policy
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) information and information resources possessed by agencies of state government are strategic assets belonging to the residents of this...
- Texas Section 2054.002 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Information Resources Management Act. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
- Texas Section 2054.003 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Application" means a separately identifiable and interrelated set of information resources technologies that allows a state agency to manipulate information resources...
- Texas Section 2054.004 - Department
The Department of Information Resources is an agency of the state. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
- Texas Section 2054.005 - Sunset Provision
(a) The Department of Information Resources is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the department...
- Texas Section 2054.006 - Laws Not Affected
(a) Except as specifically provided by this chapter, this chapter does not affect laws, rules, or decisions relating to the confidentiality or privileged status of...
- Texas Section 2054.007 - Exception: State Lottery Operations
(a) The lottery division of the Texas Lottery Commission is not subject to the planning and procurement requirements of this chapter. (b) The electronic funds...
- Texas Section 2054.0075 - Exception: Public Junior College
This chapter does not apply to a public junior college or a public junior college district, except as necessary for participation in the electronic government...
- Texas Section 2054.008 - Contract Notification
(a) In this section "major information system" includes: (1) one or more computers that in the aggregate cost more than $100,000; (2) a service related...
- Texas Section 2054.010 - References To Preceding Agency
Any reference in law to the Automated Information and Telecommunications Council means the Department of Information Resources. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268,...
SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION OF DEPARTMENT
- Texas Section 2054.011 - Statewide Network Applications Account
(a) The statewide network applications account is established in the general revenue fund. (b) Amounts credited to the statewide network applications account may be appropriated...
- Texas Section 2054.021 - Composition Of Board; Terms; Training
(a) The department is governed by a board composed of seven voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate....
- Texas Section 2054.022 - Conflict Of Interest
(a) A member of the board or the executive director may not: (1) be a person required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305...
- Texas Section 2054.023 - Compensation; Expenses
(a) A member of the board may not receive compensation for services as a board member. (b) A member is entitled to reimbursement for actual...
- Texas Section 2054.024 - Vacancy
(a) The governor shall appoint a board member to fill a vacancy under the same procedure that applied to the original appointment for that position....
- Texas Section 2054.025 - Removal Of Board Member
(a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications or...
- Texas Section 2054.026 - Limitation On Liability
A member of the board is not liable in a civil action for an act performed in good faith in the performance of the member's...
- Texas Section 2054.027 - Meetings; Action Of Board
(a) The board shall meet at least once in each quarter of the state fiscal year and may meet at other times at the call...
- Texas Section 2054.028 - Presiding Officer
The governor shall designate a member of the board to serve as presiding officer at the discretion of the governor. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd...
- Texas Section 2054.0285 - Executive Director: Chief Information Officer; Powers And Duties
(a) The board shall employ an executive director. The executive director is the chief information officer for Texas state government. (b) The executive director has...
- Texas Section 2054.0286 - Statewide Data Coordinator
(a) The executive director, using existing department funds, shall employ a statewide data coordinator to: (1) improve the control and security of information collected by...
- Texas Section 2054.029 - Staff; Separation Of Responsibilities
(a) The board shall employ employees necessary to implement its duties. (b) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of...
- Texas Section 2054.030 - Merit Pay
(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop a system of annual performance evaluations that are based on documented employee performance. (b)...
- Texas Section 2054.031 - Career Ladder
(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program that addresses opportunities for mobility and advancement for employees...
- Texas Section 2054.032 - Equal Employment Opportunity
(a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of a program of equal...
- Texas Section 2054.033 - Advisory Committees
(a) The board and the executive director, if authorized by the board, may appoint advisory committees as the department considers necessary to provide expertise to...
- Texas Section 2054.0331 - Customer Advisory Committee
(a) The board shall appoint a customer advisory committee under Section 2054.033. (b) The advisory committee is composed of representatives of customers who receive services...
- Texas Section 2054.034 - Department Finances
(a) All money paid to the department under this chapter is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 404. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 2054.0345 - Determination Of Administrative Fees
(a) The department shall adopt a process to determine the amount of the administrative fee the department charges to administer any of its programs, including...
- Texas Section 2054.0346 - Reporting Of Administrative Fees
(a) The department shall report to the Legislative Budget Board all administrative fees that the department sets under Section 2054.0345 each fiscal year. The report...
- Texas Section 2054.035 - Participation And Accessibility
(a) The board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on...
- Texas Section 2054.036 - Complaints
(a) The department shall keep a file about each written complaint filed with the department that the department has authority to resolve. The department shall...
- Texas Section 2054.037 - Negotiated Rulemaking; Alternative Dispute Resolution
(a) The board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008 for the adoption of...
- Texas Section 2054.038 - Internal Auditor; Powers And Duties
(a) The board shall: (1) appoint an internal auditor who reports directly to the board and serves at the will of the board; and (2)...
- Texas Section 2054.039 - Open Meetings Exception For Internal Auditor
A meeting between the board and the department's internal auditor to discuss issues related to fraud, waste, or abuse is not required to be an...
- Texas Section 2054.040 - Audit Subcommittee
(a) The board shall maintain an audit subcommittee of the board. The subcommittee shall oversee the department's internal auditor and any other audit issues that...
SUBCHAPTER C GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
- Texas Section 2054.041 - Additional Board Oversight
(a) The board shall adopt a policy describing the board's role in setting a strategic direction for the department. The policy must address the board's...
- Texas Section 2054.051 - General Duties Of Department
(a) The department shall provide the leadership in and coordination of information resources management within state government. (b) The department shall monitor national and international...
- Texas Section 2054.052 - General Powers Of Department
(a) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement its responsibility under this chapter. (b) The department may require each state agency to report...
- Texas Section 2054.053 - Legislative Budget Instructions; Appropriation Requests
(a) The department may identify, develop, and recommend to the Legislative Budget Board issues related to information resources management to be considered when developing the...
- Texas Section 2054.054 - Client Omnibus Registry And Exchange Data Bases
(a) The department may develop and maintain a client omnibus registry and exchange data bases to cover public and private health and human services, programs,...
- Texas Section 2054.0541 - Statewide Health Care Data Collection System
The department shall assist the Texas Health Care Information Council and the Texas Department of Health with planning, analyses, and management functions relating to the...
- Texas Section 2054.055 - Performance Report
(a) Not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year, the board shall review and approve and the department shall present a report on the...
- Texas Section 2054.056 - Computer Services
The department may provide computer services under interagency contracts to state agencies that choose to contract with the department. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg.,...
- Texas Section 2054.0565 - Use Of Contracts By Other Entities
(a) The department may include terms in a procurement contract entered into by the department, including a contract entered into under Section 2157.068, that allow...
- Texas Section 2054.057 - Training In Contract Negotiation
(a) The department, with the cooperation of the comptroller and other appropriate state agencies, shall develop and implement a program to train state agency personnel...
- Texas Section 2054.058 - Consideration Of Vendor Incentives
When contracting with a vendor to perform a task related to an electronic government project, the department shall consider methods of payments, including considering whether...
- Texas Section 2054.059 - Cybersecurity
From available funds, the department shall: (1) establish and administer a clearinghouse for information relating to all aspects of protecting the cybersecurity of state agency...
- Texas Section 2054.060 - Digital Signature
(a) A digital signature may be used to authenticate a written electronic communication sent to a state agency if it complies with rules adopted by...
- Texas Section 2054.061 - Use Of Consultants And Outside Staff
(a) The department shall develop clear criteria for the appropriate use of consultants and outside staff by the department to temporarily augment the department's existing...
- Texas Section 2054.062 - Information Resources Technologies Consolidation
(a) The department shall develop a consistent and clear method of measuring the costs and progress of an information resources technology consolidation initiative, including a...
- Texas Section 2054.063 - Electronic Reporting To State Agencies
The department shall advise and consult with state agencies to assess opportunities for allowing persons to electronically file with an agency information that the agency...
- Texas Section 2054.064 - Board Approval Of Contracts
The board by rule shall establish approval requirements for all contracts, including a monetary threshold above which board approval is required before the contract may...
- Texas Section 2054.065 - Review Of Certain Contract Solicitations
(a) In this section: (1) "Major contract" means a contract that has a value of at least $1 million. (2) "Team" means the Contract Advisory...
- Texas Section 2054.066 - Department Review
(a) The department, in consultation with the quality assurance team, the Information Technology Council for Higher Education, and the Legislative Budget Board, shall review existing...
SUBCHAPTER D INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGERS
- Texas Section 2054.067 - Posting Of Certain Documents Relating To Contract Solicitations
(a) The department shall post all solicitation documents related to a contract of the department, including contracts under Chapter 2157, to the centralized accounting and...
- Texas Section 2054.071 - Identity Of Manager; Consolidation
(a) The presiding officer of the governing body of a state agency, if the agency is governed by one or more fully paid full-time state...
- Texas Section 2054.074 - Responsibility To Prepare Operating Plans
(a) The information resources manager shall prepare the biennial operating plans under Subchapter E. (b) A joint information resources manager may, to the extent appropriate,...
- Texas Section 2054.075 - Cooperation With Information Resources Manager
(a) Each state agency shall cooperate as necessary with its information resources manager to enable that individual to perform the manager's duties. (b) Each state...
- Texas Section 2054.076 - Training And Continuing Education
(a) The department periodically shall analyze the training needs of information resources managers and adjust its initial training and continuing education guidelines based on its...
SUBCHAPTER E STRATEGIC AND OPERATING PLANS; INFORMATION
- Texas Section 2054.077 - Vulnerability Reports
(a) In this section, a term defined by Section 33.01, Penal Code, has the meaning assigned by that section. (b) The information resources manager of...
- Texas Section 2054.091 - Preparation Of State Strategic Plan
(a) The executive director shall prepare a state strategic plan for information resources management for the board's review and approval. (b) In preparing the state...
- Texas Section 2054.092 - Content Of State Strategic Plan
(a) The state strategic plan must be prepared in coordination with the quality assurance team and state agency information resources managers. (b) The plan must:...
- Texas Section 2054.0925 - Telecommunications In State Strategic Plan
(a) The plan under Section 2054.092 must address matters relating to a state telecommunications network that will effectively and efficiently meet the long-term requirements of...
- Texas Section 2054.093 - Amendment Of State Strategic Plan
(a) After approval and adoption of the state strategic plan by the board, the board may amend the plan at any time in response to...
- Texas Section 2054.094 - Submission Of State Strategic Plan
The board shall send the state strategic plan and each amended or revised plan to the governor and to the Legislative Budget Board. Added by...
- Texas Section 2054.095 - Agency Information Resources Strategic Planning Instructions
(a) The department shall prepare instructions for use by state agencies in preparing the strategic plan required by Section 2056.002. (b) Except as otherwise modified...
- Texas Section 2054.0965 - Information Resources Deployment Review
(a) Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a state agency shall complete a review of the operational aspects of the agency's information...
- Texas Section 2054.097 - Analysis Of Information Resources Deployment Review
(a) A state agency shall send its information resources deployment review to the quality assurance team for analysis. (a-1) If the department determines that an...
- Texas Section 2054.100 - Biennial Operating Plan Of State Agency
(a) Each state agency shall submit an operating plan to the Legislative Budget Board, the department, the quality assurance team, and the governor each state...
- Texas Section 2054.101 - Instructions For Preparing Operating Plans
(a) The Legislative Budget Board may provide instructions to guide state agencies in their preparation of biennial operating plans. (b) The instructions may: (1) specify...
- Texas Section 2054.1015 - Planned Procurement Schedules For Commodity Items
(a) In this section: (1) "Commodity items" has the meaning assigned by Section 2157.068. (2) "State agency" does not include an institution of higher education....
- Texas Section 2054.102 - Evaluation And Approval Of Operating Plans
(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for submission, review, approval, and disapproval of biennial operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or...
- Texas Section 2054.103 - Submission Of Operating Plans
Each state agency shall send a copy of its biennial operating plan and of any amendments to the plan, as approved by the Legislative Budget...
SUBCHAPTER F OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES OF STATE AGENCIES
- Texas Section 2054.104 - Denial Of Access To Appropriations On Failure To Submit Operating Plan
(a) If a state agency fails to comply with Section 2054.103, the governor may direct the comptroller to deny the agency access to the agency's...
- Texas Section 2054.111 - Use Of State Electronic Internet Portal Project
(a) In this section, "local government" and "project" have the meanings assigned by Section 2054.251. (b) A state agency shall consider using the project for...
- Texas Section 2054.1115 - Electronic Payments On State Electronic Internet Portal
(a) A state agency or local government that uses the state electronic Internet portal may use electronic payment methods, including the acceptance of credit and...
- Texas Section 2054.112 - Security Review For New Internet Sites
Each state agency shall review its requirements for forms, data collection, and notarization when planning to deliver a service through the Internet to determine if...
- Texas Section 2054.1125 - Security Breach Notification By State Agency
(a) In this section: (1) "Breach of system security" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code. (2) "Sensitive personal information" has...
- Texas Section 2054.113 - Duplication With State Electronic Internet Portal
(a) This section does not apply to a state agency that is a university system or institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,...
- Texas Section 2054.115 - Sale Or Lease Of Software
(a) A state agency that develops automated information systems software may enter a contract with an individual or company for the sale, lease, marketing, or...
- Texas Section 2054.116 - Spanish Language Content On Agency Websites
(a) In this section, "person of limited English proficiency" means a person whose primary language is other than English and whose English language skills are...
- Texas Section 2054.117 - Electronic Data Processing Center
(a) Each state agency, if practicable, shall use the electronic data processing center operated by the comptroller in performing any of the agency's accounting and...
- Texas Section 2054.118 - Major Information Resources Project
(a) A state agency may not spend appropriated funds for a major information resources project unless the project has been approved by: (1) the Legislative...
- Texas Section 2054.1181 - Oversight Of Major Information Resources Projects
(a) The quality assurance team, in coordination with the governor, may recommend major information resources projects to the department for oversight. As part of this...
- Texas Section 2054.1182 - Evaluation Of Completed Major Information Resources Projects
(a) After a major information resources project has been completed, a state agency shall evaluate and report to the quality assurance team on whether the...
- Texas Section 2054.1183 - Annual Report On Major Information Resources Projects
Not later than December 1 of each year, the quality assurance team shall report on the status of major information resources projects to the: (1)...
- Texas Section 2054.119 - Bids Or Proposals For Interagency Contracts
(a) A state agency may not enter into an interagency contract for the receipt of information resources technologies, including a contract with the department, unless...
- Texas Section 2054.120 - Electronic Mail Address
(a) A state agency shall establish an Internet electronic mail address for the agency. The state agency may publish the electronic mail address and use...
- Texas Section 2054.121 - Coordination With Institutions Of Higher Education
(a) An institution of higher education shall coordinate its use of information technologies with other such institutions to more effectively provide education, research, and community...
- Texas Section 2054.1211 - Reporting Requirements Of Institutions Of Higher Education
The department and the Information Technology Council for Higher Education established under Section 2054.121(b) shall review all plans and reports required of institutions of higher...
- Texas Section 2054.122 - Coordinated Technology Training
A state agency each calendar quarter shall coordinate agency training for the use of information resources technologies with training offered or coordinated by the department....
- Texas Section 2054.124 - Power Management Software
(a) After researching the software available, the department shall by competitive bid select power management software to be used, if technically feasible, by state agencies...
- Texas Section 2054.125 - Linking And Indexing Internet Sites
(a) All state agencies that maintain a generally accessible Internet site shall cooperate to facilitate useful electronic links among the sites. State agencies shall attempt...
- Texas Section 2054.126 - Posting Of Information On Internet
(a) The department shall adopt a policy that: (1) prescribes terms under which a person may use, copy information from, or link to a generally...
- Texas Section 2054.1264 - Posting Of Cost-efficiency Suggestions And Ideas On State Agency Website
(a) In this section, "state agency" does not include an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. (b) Except as provided...
- Texas Section 2054.1265 - Posting High-value Data Sets On Internet
(a) In this section: (1) "High-value data set" means information that can be used to increase state agency accountability and responsiveness, improve public knowledge of...
- Texas Section 2054.127 - Internet Website Development: Grants And Assistance
The department shall encourage each state agency to seek available grants and to work with public educational institutions and members of the business and industry...
- Texas Section 2054.128 - Environmental And Natural Resources Agencies Internet Portal
(a) State agencies that have jurisdiction over matters related to environmental protection or quality or to the development, conservation, or preservation of natural resources shall...
- Texas Section 2054.129 - Advertising Online Options
Each state agency shall advertise the options for completing transactions with that agency online. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1260 (H.B. 2048), Sec....
- Texas Section 2054.130 - Removal Of Data From Data Processing Equipment; Rules
(a) A state agency shall permanently remove data from data processing equipment before disposing of or otherwise transferring the equipment to a person who is...
- Texas Section 2054.131 - Electronic Benefits Enrollment And Administration System
(a) In this section, "work site benefits plan" means a plan or other arrangement to provide to officers, employees, or former officers or employees: (1)...
- Texas Section 2054.132 - Posting Of Forms Required
Each state agency shall make available on its Internet website each of its forms used by the public. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch....
- Texas Section 2054.133 - Information Security Plan
(a) Each state agency shall develop, and periodically update, an information security plan for protecting the security of the agency's information. (b) In developing the...
- Texas Section 2054.134 - Device And Internet Browser Compatibility
(a) In this section, "wireless communication device" means a device capable of using a commercial mobile service as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 332. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER G PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
- Texas Section 2054.134 - Data Use Agreement
(a) Each state agency shall develop a data use agreement for use by the agency that meets the particular needs of the agency and is...
- Texas Section 2054.151 - Purpose And Findings
(a) The legislature intends that state agency information resources and information resources technologies projects will be successfully completed on time and within budget and that...
- Texas Section 2054.152 - Definition
In this subchapter, "project management practices" includes the documented and repeatable activities through which a state agency applies knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to satisfy...
- Texas Section 2054.153 - Department Guidelines
(a) The department by rule shall establish guidelines for project management practices that take into account varying levels of project size and complexity. (b) In...
- Texas Section 2054.154 - Department Assistance
The department shall establish a comprehensive technical assistance program to aid state agencies in developing and implementing their own project management practices. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 2054.156 - State Agency Duties
(a) Each state agency shall manage information resources projects based on project management practices that are consistent with the department's guidelines under Section 2054.153. (b)...
- Texas Section 2054.157 - Oversight By Department
(a) The department may make formal recommendations to a state agency regarding the agency's need to develop, implement, or improve its project management practices. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER H TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLANNING
- Texas Section 2054.158 - Quality Assurance Team; Duties
(a) The state auditor, Legislative Budget Board, and department shall: (1) create a quality assurance team to perform the duties specified in this chapter and...
- Texas Section 2054.2011 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Centralized capitol complex telephone system" means the system described in Section 2170.059. (2) "Consolidated telecommunications system" has the meaning assigned by...
- Texas Section 2054.203 - Telecommunications Planning And Policy
(a) The department shall comprehensively collect and manage telecommunications network configuration information about existing and planned telecommunications networks throughout state government. (b) The department may...
- Texas Section 2054.205 - Development Of System
(a) The department shall develop functional requirements for a statewide system of telecommunications services for all state agencies. Existing networks, as configured on September 1,...
SUBCHAPTER I STATE ELECTRONIC INTERNET PORTAL PROJECT
- Texas Section 2054.2051 - Oversight Of Systems
(a) The department shall develop service objectives for the consolidated telecommunications system and the centralized capitol complex telephone system. (b) The department shall develop performance...
- Texas Section 2054.251 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1260, Sec. 24(1), eff. June 18, 2005. (2) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 2054.252 - State Electronic Internet Portal Project
(a) The department shall implement a state electronic Internet portal project that establishes a common electronic infrastructure through which state agencies and local governments, including...
- Texas Section 2054.259 - General Powers And Duties Of Department
The department shall: (1) develop policies related to operation of the project; (2) approve or disapprove services to be provided by the project; (3) operate...
- Texas Section 2054.2591 - Fees
(a) The department shall set fees that a state agency, including the department, or a local government may charge for a transaction that uses the...
- Texas Section 2054.2591 - Fees
(a) The authority shall set fees that a state agency, including the authority, or a local government may charge for a transaction that uses the...
- Texas Section 2054.2592 - Fee Exemption; Barber And Cosmetology Boards
The department may not charge the State Board of Barber Examiners or the Texas Cosmetology Commission a fee to use the project for the issuance...
- Texas Section 2054.260 - Reporting Requirements
(a) Not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year, the department shall report on the status, progress, benefits, and efficiency gains of the project....
- Texas Section 2054.2605 - Reporting Requirements: Licensing Entities
(a) Each licensing entity shall report to the Legislative Budget Board on the licensing entity's progress in using the project in performing the functions described...
- Texas Section 2054.2606 - Reporting Profile Information
(a) The following licensing entities shall establish a profile system consisting of the specific license holder information prescribed by Subsection (c): (1) Texas Board of...
- Texas Section 2054.261 - Assistance And Coordination With Other Governmental Entities
(a) The department shall: (1) assist state agencies and local governments in researching and identifying potential funding sources for the project; (2) assist state agencies...
- Texas Section 2054.262 - Rules
The department shall adopt rules regarding operation of the project. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 342, Sec. 3, eff. May 3, 2001. Amended...
- Texas Section 2054.263 - Seal
The department shall adopt an icon, symbol, brand, seal, or other identifying device to represent the project. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 342,...
- Texas Section 2054.266 - Donations And Grants
The department may request and accept a donation or grant from any person for use by the department in implementing or managing the project. Added...
- Texas Section 2054.268 - Contracts; Conflict Of Interest
A contract entered into between the authority and another state agency or a local government is not void for the sole reason that a member...
- Texas Section 2054.269 - Intellectual Property Rights
The department may exercise all intellectual property rights regarding the project, including prevention of other persons from using names or designs similar to those used...
- Texas Section 2054.271 - Authentication Of Individual Identities And Signatures; Rules
(a) The department or another state agency or local government that uses the project may use the Department of Public Safety's or another state agency's...
- Texas Section 2054.272 - Business Permits And Licenses Internet Portal
(a) A state agency that has jurisdiction over matters related to occupational licenses, including a licensing entity of this state, shall develop in cooperation with...
- Texas Section 2054.2721 - Independent Annual Audit
(a) Not later than August 1 of each year, any private vendor chosen to implement or manage the project shall have an audit of the...
- Texas Section 2054.273 - Collection And Forwarding Of Fees
(a) A state agency or a vendor, as determined by the department, shall collect all fees charged to use the project. If a state agency...
SUBCHAPTER J TEXAS PROJECT DELIVERY FRAMEWORK
- Texas Section 2054.274 - Recovery Of Fees
A person that pays a fee for using the project may recover the fee in the ordinary course of business. Added by Acts 2005, 79th...
- Texas Section 2054.301 - Applicability; Definition
(a) This subchapter applies only to: (1) a major information resources project; and (2) a major contract. (b) In this subchapter, "major contract" means a...
- Texas Section 2054.302 - Guidelines; Forms
(a) A state agency shall prepare each document required by this subchapter in a manner consistent with department guidelines. (b) The department, in consultation with...
- Texas Section 2054.303 - Business Case And Statewide Impact Analysis
(a) For each proposed major information resources project or major contract, a state agency must prepare: (1) a business case providing the initial justification for...
- Texas Section 2054.304 - Project Plans
(a) A state agency shall develop a project plan for each major information resources project or major contract. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c),...
- Texas Section 2054.305 - Procurement Plan And Method For Monitoring Contracts
Before issuing a vendor solicitation for a project or major contract, the state agency must develop, consistent with department guidelines: (1) a procurement plan with...
- Texas Section 2054.306 - Post-implementation Review
After implementation of a major information resources project, a state agency shall prepare a post-implementation review. The agency shall provide the review to the agency's...
SUBCHAPTER K ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING TRANSACTIONS
- Texas Section 2054.307 - Approval Of Documents And Contract Changes
(a) A state agency's executive director, information resources manager, designated project manager, and the agency employee in charge of information security for the agency must...
- Texas Section 2054.351 - Definitions
In this subchapter, "licensing entity" and "occupational license" have the meanings assigned those terms by Section 2054.251. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 353,...
- Texas Section 2054.352 - Applicability
Sec. 2054.352. APPLICABILITY. (a) The following licensing entities shall participate in the system established under Section 2054.353: (1) Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners; (2) Judicial...
- Texas Section 2054.353 - Electronic System For Occupational Licensing Transactions
(a) The department shall administer a common electronic system using the Internet through which a licensing entity can electronically: (1) send occupational licenses and other...
- Texas Section 2054.354 - Steering Committee
(a) The steering committee for electronic occupational licensing transactions consists of a representative of each of the following, appointed by its governing body: (1) each...
- Texas Section 2054.355 - Change Of Address And Other Information
(a) The system adopted under Section 2054.253, as added by Chapter 353, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, must allow a person regulated...
SUBCHAPTER L STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
- Texas Section 2054.356 - Sharing Of Information
(a) Each licensing authority shall electronically share information regarding license holders, especially information regarding disciplinary information, with other licensing authorities to the extent it is...
- Texas Section 2054.375 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Governmental entity" means a state agency or local government. (2) "Statewide technology center" means a statewide technology center established or operated...
- Texas Section 2054.376 - Applicability
(a) This subchapter applies to all information resources technologies, other than telecommunications service, advanced communications services, or information service, as those terms are defined by...
- Texas Section 2054.377 - Institutions Of Higher Education
The department may not establish or expand a statewide technology center that includes participation by an institution of higher education unless the Information Technology Council...
- Texas Section 2054.3771 - Local Governments
The department may establish or expand a statewide technology center to include participation by a local government. The executive director and the department have all...
- Texas Section 2054.378 - Scope Of Operation Of Centers
(a) The department may operate statewide technology centers to provide two or more governmental entities, on a cost-sharing basis, services relating to: (1) information resources...
- Texas Section 2054.379 - Rules
The department shall adopt rules and guidelines to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1068 (H.B. 1516), Sec. 1.07, eff. September...
- Texas Section 2054.380 - Fees
(a) The department shall set and charge a fee to each governmental entity that receives a service from a statewide technology center in an amount...
- Texas Section 2054.381 - Contracting; Historically Underutilized Businesses
(a) In any procurement related to the establishment of a statewide technology center, the department shall maximize vendor competition and, to the extent feasible and...
- Texas Section 2054.382 - Statewide Technology Centers For Data Or Disaster Recovery Services; Use Required
(a) The department shall manage the operations of statewide technology centers that provide data center services or disaster recovery services for two or more state...
- Texas Section 2054.383 - Establishment Of Additional Statewide Technology Centers
(a) The department may establish additional statewide technology centers as provided by this section. (b) The department may not establish a center under this section...
- Texas Section 2054.384 - Cost And Requirements Analysis
(a) The department shall conduct a cost and requirements analysis for each state agency that the department intends to select for participation in a statewide...
- Texas Section 2054.385 - Notice Of Selection
After completion of the cost and requirements analysis for each state agency under Section 2054.384, the department shall provide notice to each state agency selected...
- Texas Section 2054.3851 - Local Government Participation And Selection
(a) A local government may submit a request to the department to receive services or operations through a statewide technology center. The local government shall...
- Texas Section 2054.386 - Interagency Contract; Prior Approval Of Expenditures
(a) A state agency that is selected under Section 2054.385 to receive services or to have operations performed through a statewide technology center may not,...
- Texas Section 2054.387 - Interagency Contract; Compliance With Service Levels
The department shall ensure compliance with service levels agreed to in an interagency contract or intergovernmental contract, as appropriate, executed under this subchapter. Added by...
- Texas Section 2054.388 - Transfer Of Ownership
(a) The department, subject to the governor's approval, may require a state agency that enters into an interagency contract under Section 2054.386 to transfer to...
- Texas Section 2054.389 - Transition Schedules
The department shall establish transition schedules for the transfer of state agency operations and services to statewide technology centers under this subchapter. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 2054.390 - Migration Of Services
(a) The department shall prioritize the migration of services to the statewide technology center system established under this subchapter based on the size of the...
- Texas Section 2054.391 - Use Of Statewide Technology Centers Required
(a) A state agency may not transfer services from a statewide technology center unless the executive director and the governor approve the transfer. (b) If...
SUBCHAPTER M ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION
- Texas Section 2054.392 - Statewide Technology Account
The comptroller shall establish in the state treasury the statewide technology account. The account is a revolving fund account for the administration of this subchapter....
- Texas Section 2054.451 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Electronic and information resources" means information resources and any equipment or interconnected system of equipment that is used in the creation,...
- Texas Section 2054.452 - Training And Technical Assistance
(a) The department shall provide training for and technical assistance to state agencies regarding compliance with this subchapter. (b) The department shall adopt rules to...
- Texas Section 2054.453 - Rules; Compliance With Federal Standards And Laws
(a) The department shall adopt rules and evaluation criteria to implement this subchapter, including rules regarding: (1) the development, procurement, maintenance, and use of electronic...
- Texas Section 2054.454 - State Agency Compliance
(a) If required by the department, each state agency shall develop, procure, maintain, and use accessible electronic and information resources that conform to the rules...
- Texas Section 2054.455 - Public Information
The department shall develop a process by which the public may provide information regarding compliance with this subchapter. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch....
- Texas Section 2054.456 - Access To Electronic And Information Resources By State Employees With Disabilities
(a) Each state agency shall, in developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic and information resources, ensure that state employees with disabilities have access to and...
- Texas Section 2054.457 - Access To Electronic And Information Resources By Other Individuals With Disabilities
(a) Each state agency shall provide members of the public with disabilities who are seeking information or other services from the agency access to and...
- Texas Section 2054.458 - Internet Websites
The department shall adopt rules regarding the development and monitoring of state agency Internet websites to provide access to individuals with disabilities. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 2054.459 - Emerging Technologies; Products
The department shall adopt rules regarding: (1) emerging technologies related to the purpose of this subchapter; and (2) the commercial availability of products, including computer...
- Texas Section 2054.460 - Exception For Significant Difficulty Or Expense; Alternate Methods
(a) If compliance with a provision of this subchapter imposes a significant difficulty or expense on a state agency, the agency is not required to...
- Texas Section 2054.461 - Exemptions
The department shall adopt rules regarding exempting a state agency from the duty to comply with this subchapter or a provision of this subchapter. In...
- Texas Section 2054.462 - Exception For Embedded Information Resources
This subchapter does not apply to electronic and information resources equipment that contains embedded information resources that are used as an integral part of the...
- Texas Section 2054.463 - Exception For Medical Equipment
This subchapter does not apply to an item of medical equipment in which electronic and information resources are integral to its operation. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 2054.464 - Survey; Reporting Requirements
The department shall adopt guidelines regarding: (1) an electronic and information resources state agency survey; and (2) state agency reporting requirements for implementation of this...
SUBCHAPTER N CYBERSECURITY, EDUCATION,
- Texas Section 2054.465 - No Cause Of Action Created
This subchapter does not create a cause of action. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 750 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005....
- Texas Section 2054.501 - Definition
In this subchapter, "council" means the Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 988), Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 2054.502 - Cybersecurity, Education, And Economic Development Council; Composition
(a) The Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council is established. (b) The council is composed of nine members appointed by the executive director. The members...
- Texas Section 2054.503 - Compensation
A council member serves without compensation or reimbursement of expenses. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 988), Sec. 1, eff. September...
- Texas Section 2054.504 - Council Powers And Duties
(a) The council shall: (1) at least quarterly, meet at the call of the presiding officer; and (2) conduct an interim study and make recommendations...
- Texas Section 2054.505 - Report
Not later than December 1, 2012, the council shall submit a report based on its findings to: (1) the executive director; (2) the governor; (3)...
SUBCHAPTER N-1 STATE CYBERSECURITY
- Texas Section 2054.506 - Expiration Of Subchapter
This subchapter expires and the council is abolished September 1, 2015. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 988), Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 2054.511 - Cybersecurity Coordinator
The executive director shall designate an employee of the department as the state cybersecurity coordinator to oversee cybersecurity matters for this state. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 2054.512 - Private Industry-government Council
The state cybersecurity coordinator may establish a council that includes public and private sector leaders and cybersecurity practitioners to collaborate on matters of cybersecurity concerning...
- Texas Section 2054.513 - Cybersecurity Approval Seal
The state cybersecurity coordinator may establish a voluntary program that recognizes private and public entities functioning with exemplary cybersecurity practices. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
SUBCHAPTER O MAJOR OUTSOURCED CONTRACTS
- Texas Section 2054.514 - Recommendations
The state cybersecurity coordinator may implement any portion or all of the recommendations made by the Cybersecurity, Education, and Economic Development Council under Subchapter N....
- Texas Section 2054.521 - Major Outsourced Contract Defined; Rule
The board by rule shall define what constitutes a major outsourced contract with regard to contracts the department executes with entities other than this state...
- Texas Section 2054.522 - Board Approval And Oversight Of Major Outsourced Contracts
(a) The department must receive approval from the board before: (1) entering into a major outsourced contract; or (2) amending any major outsourced contract, if...
- Texas Section 2054.523 - Management Plans For Major Outsourced Contracts
(a) The department shall specify procedures for administering, monitoring, and overseeing each major outsourced contract by creating a management plan for each contract. In each...
SUBCHAPTER P ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON CONTRACTING
- Texas Section 2054.524 - Customer Involvement In Major Outsourced Contracts
The department shall establish formal procedures to ensure customer involvement in decision making regarding each of the department's major outsourced contracts, including initial analysis, solicitation...
- Texas Section 2054.551 - Definition
In this subchapter, "contract management guide" means the guide developed under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (H.B. 2472), Sec....
- Texas Section 2054.552 - Conflict Of Interest In Contracting
(a) A department employee may not: (1) have an interest in, or in any manner be connected with, a contract or bid for a purchase...
- Texas Section 2054.553 - Contract Management Training Policy
(a) The department shall develop a policy for training department staff in contract management. (b) The policy must establish contract management training requirements for all...
SUBCHAPTER Q LEGACY SYSTEM MODERNIZATION STRATEGY
- Texas Section 2054.554 - Contract Management Guide; Rules
(a) The department shall develop and periodically update a contract management guide to provide an overall, consistent approach on procurement and management of major outsourced...
- Texas Section 2054.571 - Definition
In this subchapter, "legacy system" means a computer system or application program that is operated with obsolete or inefficient hardware or software technology. Added by...
- Texas Section 2054.572 - Legacy System Modernization Strategy
(a) The department shall, in collaboration with state agencies other than institutions of higher education, develop a legacy system modernization strategy to guide the state...
- Texas Section 2054.573 - Reporting Service
The department shall implement a shared data reporting and business analytics service, with appropriate security isolation, for state agencies other than institutions of higher education....
- Texas Section 2054.574 - Application Portfolio Management Program
(a) The department shall develop and implement a shared application portfolio management program for state agencies that includes best practices and tools to assist state...
- Texas Section 2054.575 - Security Issues Related To Legacy Systems
(a) A state agency shall, with available funds, identify information security issues and develop a plan to prioritize the remediation and mitigation of those issues....
- Texas Section 2054.576 - Shared Solutions
(a) In considering and implementing new applications or remediation strategies, state agencies shall prioritize standardization and consolidation by emphasizing shared solutions, including those delivered as...