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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a state secondary Internet website |
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domain name server. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.193 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.193. SECONDARY INTERNET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME |
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SERVER. (a) In this section, "domain name server" means a server |
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connected to the Internet that acts as a directory of Internet |
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website domain names and the websites' corresponding Internet |
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Protocol (IP) addresses and that translates between the domain name |
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and IP address to allow an individual to search for an Internet |
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website by domain name. |
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(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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select an appropriate department or entity of an institution of |
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higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, to |
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develop and build a secondary Internet website domain name server. |
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(c) The governor is responsible for managing the operations |
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of the secondary Internet website domain name server and may |
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contract with a third party to maintain and manage the operations of |
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the domain name server. |
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(d) The governor may deploy the domain name server at the |
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governor's discretion. |
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SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall select a department or entity of an institution of higher |
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education to develop and build a secondary Internet website domain |
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name server, as described by Section 418.193, Government Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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(b) The department or entity of an institution of higher |
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education selected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board, as described by Subsection (a) of this section, shall |
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complete building the domain name server not later than December |
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31, 2018. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |