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Floor Packet Page No. 186
Amend CSSB 1 in Article IX by striking Section 9.03 (house
committee printing, page IX-51) and substituting the following:
Sec. 9.03. STATE DATA CENTERS AND DISASTER RECOVERY
SERVICES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Information
Resources.
(2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
2054.003, Government Code.
(b) A state agency may not spend money appropriated by this
Act to enter into or renew a contract, or issue a purchase order, to
establish or maintain data center operations, disaster recovery
plan testing services, or disaster recovery services, unless the
executive director of the department approves the contract or
purchase order.
(c) It is the intent of the legislature that the department
prioritize the migration of services to the statewide technology
center system based on the size of the current data center
operational environment at a state agency, with the largest 25 data
center environments ranking highest in priority.
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that, unless the
executive director determines that a migration under this section
is not cost-effective, the department shall ensure the migration of
at least three data center environments to a statewide technology
center each fiscal year.
(e) Not later than August 31 of 2006 and 2007, the
department shall report on the status of the statewide data center
system migration and consolidation under this section, describing
reviews and transfers during the fiscal year, and an update on the
status of any contracts relating to statewide technology centers.
The department shall file the report with:
(1) the governor;
(2) the lieutenant governor;
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives;
(4) the chairs of the house and senate committees with
primary oversight over the department;
(5) the chairs of the senate finance and the house of
representatives appropriations committees;
(6) each member of the Legislative Budget Board; and
(7) the State Auditor's Office.
(f) It is the intent of the legislature that any
consolidation plan adopted by the department to execute this
section prioritize and fully use the existing capacity of the State
Data Center located on the campus of Angelo State University.
(g) The department shall work with the Legislative Budget
Board and the State Auditor's Office to ensure that the state
obtains the maximum benefit from the consolidation of State Data
Center operations. The department, Legislative Budget Board, and
State Auditor's Office shall determine for each affected state
agency, including institutions of higher education, specific
savings related to labor, facilities, hardware, software, and
operational systems by which the state will benefit as a result of
the consolidation of data center services and operations.