85R19845 YDB-D     By: Uresti H.B. No. 1898     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1898:     By:  Uresti C.S.H.B. No. 1898       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study on state agency digital data storage and records   management practices and associated state costs.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  (a) In this section, "state agency" means a   board, commission, office, department, council, authority, or   other agency in the executive or judicial branch of state   government that is created by the constitution or a statute of this   state. The term does not include a university system or institution   of higher education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003,   Education Code.          (b)  The Department of Information Resources, in   consultation with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission,   shall conduct a study on state agency digital data storage and   records management practices and the associated costs to this   state.          (c)  The study required under this section must examine:                (1)  the current digital data storage practices of   state agencies in this state;                (2)  the costs associated with those digital data   storage practices;                (3)  the digital records management and data   classification policies of state agencies and whether the state   agencies are consistently complying with the established policies;                (4)  whether the state agencies are storing digital   data that exceeds established retention requirements and the cost   of that unnecessary storage;                (5)  the adequacy of storage systems used by state   agencies to securely maintain confidential digital records; and                (6)  possible solutions and improvements recommended   by the state agencies for reducing state costs and increasing   security for digital data storage and records management.          (d)  Each state agency shall participate in the study   required by this section and provide appropriate assistance and   information to the Department of Information Resources and the   Texas State Library and Archives Commission.          (e)  Not later than December 1, 2018, the Department of   Information Resources shall issue a report on the study required   under this section and recommendations for reducing state costs and   for improving efficiency in digital data storage and records   management to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of   representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the   house of representatives and the senate.          (f)  This Act expires September 1, 2019.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.