88(R) SB 1159 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88R13213 YDB-F
	By:  Johnson	S.B.  No.  1159

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility of certain entities for services and
	commodity items provided by the Department of Information Resources
	and statewide technology centers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 2054.0525 to read as follows:
	Sec.  2054.0525.    CUSTOMERS ELIGIBLE FOR DEPARTMENT
	SERVICES. If the executive director determines that participation
	is in the best interest of this state, the following entities are
	eligible customers for services the department provides:
	(1)    a state agency;
	(2)    a local government;
	(3)    the legislature or a legislative agency;
	(4)    the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals,
	or a court of appeals;
	(5)    a public hospital owned or operated by this state
	or a political subdivision or municipal corporation of this state,
	including a hospital district or hospital authority;
	(6)    the Electric Reliability Council of Texas;
	(7)    the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation;
	(8)    an assistance organization, as defined by Section
	2175.001;
	(9)    an open-enrollment charter school, as defined by
	Section 5.001, Education Code;
	(10)    a private school, as defined by Section 5.001,
	Education Code;
	(11)    a private or independent institution of higher
	education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;
	(12)    a public safety entity, as defined by 47 U.S.C.
	Section 1401;
	(13)    a volunteer fire department, as defined by
	Section 152.001, Tax Code; and
	(14)    a governmental entity of another state.
	SECTION  2.    Section 2054.375(1), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(1)    "Eligible [Governmental] entity" means an entity
	listed in Section 2054.0525 [a state agency or local government].
	SECTION  3.    Sections 2054.376(a), (a-1), and (b), Government
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)    This subchapter applies to all information resources
	technologies, other than telecommunications services governed by
	Chapter 2170  [service, advanced communications services, or
	information service, as those terms are defined by 47 U.S.C.
	Section 153], that are:
	(1)    obtained by a state agency using state money; or
	(2)    used by a participating eligible entity [state
	agency; or
	[(3)    used by a participating local government].
	(a-1)    Notwithstanding Subsection (a), this subchapter
	applies to electronic messaging service and outsourced managed
	services that are:
	(1)    obtained by a state agency using state money; or
	(2)    used by a participating eligible entity [state
	agency; or
	[(3)    used by a participating local government].
	(b)    This subchapter does not apply to:
	(1)    [the Department of Public Safety's use for
	criminal justice or homeland security purposes of a federal
	database or network;
	[(2)]    a Texas equivalent of a federal  database or
	network used for criminal justice or homeland security purposes
	[described by Subdivision (1)] that is managed by the Department of
	Public Safety;