85R9620 JCG-D     By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3780       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of a state secondary Internet website   domain name server.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 418.193 to read as follows:          Sec. 418.193.  SECONDARY INTERNET WEBSITE DOMAIN NAME   SERVER. (a)  In this section, "domain name server" means a server   connected to the Internet that acts as a directory of Internet   website domain names and the websites' corresponding Internet   Protocol (IP) addresses and that translates between the domain name   and IP address to allow an individual to search for an Internet   website by domain name.           (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall   select an appropriate department or entity of an institution of   higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, to   develop and build a secondary Internet website domain name server.          (c)  The governor is responsible for managing the operations   of the secondary Internet website domain name server and may   contract with a third party to maintain and manage the operations of   the domain name server.          (d)  The governor may deploy the domain name server at the   governor's discretion.          SECTION 2.  (a) As soon as practicable after the effective   date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board   shall select a department or entity of an institution of higher   education to develop and build a secondary Internet website domain   name server, as described by Section 418.193, Government Code, as   added by this Act.          (b)  The department or entity of an institution of higher   education selected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating   Board, as described by Subsection (a) of this section, shall   complete building the domain name server not later than December   31, 2018.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.