H.B. No. 4553
 
 
 
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)  an independent organization certified under
Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region;
             (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  database or network 
described by Subdivision (1) that is managed by the Department of
Public Safety;
             [(3)]  the uniform statewide accounting system, as that
term is used in Subchapter C, Chapter 2101;
             (2) [(4)]  the state treasury cash and treasury
management system;
             (3) [(5)]  a database or network managed by the
comptroller to:
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: Government Code 2054.375, Government Code 2054.376, Government Code 2054.3771, Government Code 2054.378, Government Code 2054.380, Government Code 2054.382, Government Code 2054.3851, Government Code 2059.001, Government Code 2059.058, Government Code 2059.201, Government Code 2157.001, Government Code 2157.068, Government Code 2170.001, Government Code 2170.004, Government Code 152.001 (Government Code 2170, Government Code 152, Government Code 2054, Government Code 2157, Government Code 2059)
House Committee Report: Government Code 2054.375, Government Code 2054.376, Government Code 2054.3771, Government Code 2054.378, Government Code 2054.380, Government Code 2054.382, Government Code 2054.3851, Government Code 2059.001, Government Code 2059.058, Government Code 2059.201, Government Code 2157.001, Government Code 2157.068, Government Code 43.052, Government Code 2170.004, Government Code 152.001 (Government Code 2170, Government Code 152, Government Code 2054, Government Code 43, Government Code 2157, Government Code 2059)
Engrossed: Government Code 2054.375, Government Code 2054.376, Government Code 2054.3771, Government Code 2054.378, Government Code 2054.380, Government Code 2054.382, Government Code 2054.3851, Government Code 2059.001, Government Code 2059.058, Government Code 2059.201, Government Code 2157.001, Government Code 2157.068, Government Code 43.052, Government Code 2170.004, Government Code 152.001 (Government Code 2170, Government Code 152, Government Code 2054, Government Code 43, Government Code 2157, Government Code 2059)
Senate Committee Report: Government Code 2054.375, Government Code 2054.376, Government Code 2054.3771, Government Code 2054.378, Government Code 2054.380, Government Code 2054.382, Government Code 2054.3851, Government Code 2059.001, Government Code 2059.058, Government Code 2059.201, Government Code 2157.001, Government Code 2157.068, Government Code 43.052, Governm