HB 119 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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HOUSE BILL 119

AN ACT relative to agency membership on the information technology council and relative to the duties of the chief information officer.

SPONSORS: Rep. Townsend, Graf 10; Rep. Kaen, Straf 7

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits agency heads to appoint designees to the information technology council and adds public members to the council. The bill also requires the chief information officer to develop a cyber security strategy and authorizes the chief information officer to adopt related administrative rules.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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05/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to agency membership on the information technology council and relative to the duties of the chief information officer.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Information Technology Council; Agency Membership. Amend RSA 21-R:6, II(f) to read as follows:

(f) Two heads of other departments, or their designees, appointed by the governor.

2 New Subparagraphs; Information Technology Council. Amend RSA 21-R:6, II by inserting after subparagraph (k) the following new subparagraphs:

(l) One representative of academia, appointed by the governor for a 3-year term.

(m) Three representatives of the business community, appointed by the governor for 3-year terms.

3 New Paragraph; Department of Information Technology; Duties of the Commissioner. Amend RSA 21-R:4 by inserting after paragraph XV the following new paragraph:

XVI. Developing and implementing a strategy to address cyber security risks to the state's data, information, and technology resources.

4 New Section; Department of Information Technology; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 21-R by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

21-R:4-a Rulemaking. The chief information officer may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:

I. Computer system consolidations, implementation, and operation.

II. Implementation and operation of centralized services.

III. Implementation and operation of technology security.

5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.