ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session
information technology; authorization; state treasurer
Purpose
Stipulates that the State Treasurer is not a budget unit subject to information technology (IT) requirements.
Background
A budget unit is a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state receiving, expending or disbursing state funds or incurring obligations of the state, including the Arizona Board of Regents but excluding the universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents, community college districts and legislative or judicial branches (A.R.S. 18-101).
Current statute states that the Arizona Department of Arizona (ADOA) is responsible for government IT functions of Arizona (A.R.S. 18-102).
ADOA serves as the statewide coordinator for IT resources and must adopt statewide technical, coordination and security standards for IT. ADOA develops, implements and maintains a coordinated statewide plan for IT that includes evaluating and approving or disapproving budget unit IT plans. Budget units are required to submit IT plans that include quality assurance and disaster recovery plans to ADOA each year by September 1. ADOA evaluates specific IT projects included in budget unit plans, which go through various levels of review and approval, depending upon the project cost (A.R.S. 18-104).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Excludes the State Treasurer from the definition of a budget unit.
2. Makes technical changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
GE 1/27/21 DP 12-0-0-1
3rd Read 2/4/21 59-0-0-0-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 4, 2021
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