S.B. No. 701
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to high-value data sets of state agencies posted on the
  Internet.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2054.1265 to read as follows:
         Sec. 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 the agency and its operations, further
  the core mission of the agency, create economic opportunity, or
  respond to need and demand as identified through public
  consultation.  The term does not include information that is
  confidential or protected from disclosure under state or federal
  law.
               (2)  "State agency" means a board, commission, office,
  department, or other agency in the executive, judicial, or
  legislative branch of state government. The term includes an
  institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
  Education Code.
         (b)  Each state agency shall post on a generally accessible
  Internet website maintained by or for the agency each high-value
  data set created or maintained by the agency, if the agency:
               (1)  determines that, using existing resources, the
  agency can post the data set on the Internet website at no
  additional cost to the state;
               (2)  enters into a contract advantageous to the state
  under which the contractor posts the data set on the Internet
  website at no additional cost to the state; or
               (3)  receives a gift or grant specifically for the
  purpose of posting one or more of the agency's high-value data sets
  on the Internet website.
         (c)  A high-value data set posted by a state agency under
  this section must be raw data in open standard format that allows
  the public to search, extract, organize, and analyze the
  information.
         (d)  The web page on which a state agency's high-value data
  set is posted must:
               (1)  use the agency's Internet website home page
  address and include the uniform resource locator suffix "data"; and
               (2)  have a conspicuously displayed link on either the
  agency's Internet website home page or another intuitive location
  accessible from the agency's Internet website home page.
         (e)  A state agency may accept a gift or grant for the purpose
  of posting one or more of the agency's high-value data sets on an
  Internet website.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 701 passed the Senate on
  April 6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2011, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 701 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor