H.B. No. 4018

	AN ACT
	relating to legislative oversight and funding of improvement and
	modernization projects for state agency information resources.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter Q, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 2054.577 and 2054.578 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 2054.577.  TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION
	FUND. (a) The technology improvement and modernization fund is a
	special fund in the state treasury outside the general revenue
	fund.
	(b)  The fund consists of:
	(1)  money transferred or deposited to the credit of
	the fund at the direction of the legislature;
	(2)  money received from the federal government for the
	purposes of improving and modernizing state agency information
	resources;
	(3)  gifts, donations, and grants to the fund,
	including federal grants; and
	(4)  interest earned on the investment of money in the
	fund.
	(c)  Money in the fund:
	(1)  may be used to improve and modernize state agency
	information resources, including legacy system projects and
	cybersecurity projects; and
	(2)  may not be used to replace money appropriated to a
	state agency for the purposes of operating and maintaining state
	agency information resources or reduce the amount of money
	appropriated to a state agency for those purposes.
	(d)  Section 404.071 does not apply to the fund.
	(e)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned
	by Section 2052.101.
	Sec. 2054.578.  JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT IN
	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.
	(a) In this section:
	(1)  "Committee" means the Joint Oversight Committee on
	Investment in Information Technology Improvement and Modernization
	Projects.
	(2)  "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
	2052.101.
	(b)  The committee is created to review investment and
	funding strategies for projects to improve or modernize state
	agency information resources technologies.
	(c)  The committee is composed of six members as follows:
	(1)  three members of the senate appointed by the
	lieutenant governor; and
	(2)  three members of the house of representatives
	appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
	(d)  The presiding officer of the committee shall alternate
	annually between:
	(1)  a member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant
	governor; and
	(2)  a member of the house of representatives appointed
	by the speaker of the house of representatives.
	(e)  A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same
	manner as the original appointment.
	(f)  The committee biennially shall provide a written report
	to the legislature that:
	(1)  identifies:
	(A)  existing and planned projects to improve or
	modernize state agency information resources technologies; and
	(B)  the method of funding for each project
	identified by the committee under Paragraph (A); and
	(2)  includes:
	(A)  a determination by the committee of the
	amount necessary to fully fund each project identified under
	Subdivision (1) to completion; and
	(B)  strategies developed by the committee to
	ensure a long-term investment solution for projects to improve or
	modernize state agency information resources technologies is in
	place, including strategies to:
	(i)  access the full amount of federal money
	available for those projects; and
	(ii)  use information gathered by the
	department during previous projects to improve the management,
	oversight, and transparency of future projects.
	(g)  The department shall provide staff support for the
	committee.
	(h)  The committee:
	(1)  has the powers of a joint committee; and
	(2)  may obtain funding in the same manner as a joint
	committee.
	(i)  The rules adopted by the 87th Legislature for the
	administration of joint committees apply to the committee to the
	extent the rules are consistent with this section.
	(j)  The committee is abolished and this section expires
	September 1, 2026.
	SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than October 1, 2022, each state
	agency in the executive and legislative branches of state
	government, using money appropriated to the agency by this state,
	shall prepare an agency-wide plan outlining the manner in which the
	agency intends to transition its information technology and
	data-related services and capabilities into a more modern,
	integrated, secure, and effective technological environment.
	(b)  Not later than March 31, 2022, the Joint Oversight
	Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement and
	Modernization Projects, in consultation with the Department of
	Information Resources, shall prescribe the form, contents, and
	manner of submission of the plan required under Subsection (a) of
	this section.
	(c)  Each state agency shall submit the plan developed under
	this section to the:
	(1)  Department of Information Resources;
	(2)  Joint Oversight Committee on Investment in
	Information Technology Improvement and Modernization Projects; and
	(3)  standing committees of the senate and house of
	representatives with primary jurisdiction over state agency
	information technology.
	SECTION 3.  (a) In this section, "committee" means the Joint
	Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology
	Improvement and Modernization Projects.
	(b)  The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
	representatives shall make appointments to the committee not later
	than the 30th day after the effective date of this Act.
	(c)  The speaker of the house of representatives shall
	appoint the initial presiding officer of the committee.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4018 was passed by the House on May
	11, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 22, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 4018 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 26,
	1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 4018 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 27, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
	1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor