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HOUSE BILL NO. 10

INTRODUCED BY K. HOLMLUND

BY REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING

 

AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECTS; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2021; PROVIDING A DEFINITION OF "LONG-RANGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECT"; PROMOTING STATEWIDE NETWORKS EFFICIENCIES; PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE LONG-RANGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AMENDING SECTION 2-17-506, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

 

     Section 1.  Section 2-17-506, MCA, is amended to read:

     "2-17-506.  Definitions. In this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

     (1)  "Board" means the information technology board established in 2-15-1021.

     (2)  "Central computer center" means any stand-alone or shared computer and associated equipment, software, facilities, and services administered by the department for use by state agencies.

     (3)  "Chief information officer" means a person appointed by the director of the department to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the department relating to information technology.

     (4)  "Data" means any information stored on information technology resources.

     (5)  "Department" means the department of administration established in 2-15-1001.

     (6)  "Electronic access system" means a system capable of making data accessible by means of an information technology facility in a voice, video, or electronic data form, including but not limited to the internet.

     (7)  "Information technology" means hardware, software, and associated services and infrastructure used to store or transmit information in any form, including voice, video, and electronic data.

     (8) "Long-range information technology capital project" means a discrete long-range information technology system or application, including the replacement or upgrade to existing systems.

     (8)(9)  "Private safety agency" has the same meaning as provided in 10-4-101.

     (9)(10)  "Public safety agency" has the same meaning as provided in 10-4-101.

     (10)(11) "State agency" means any entity of the executive branch, including the university system.

     (11)(12) "Statewide telecommunications network" means any telecommunications facilities, circuits, equipment, software, and associated contracted services administered by the department for the transmission of voice, video, or electronic data from one device to another."

 

     Section 2.  Definitions. For the purposes of [this act], the following definitions apply:

     (1) "Chief information officer" has the meaning provided in 2-17-506.

     (2) "Department" means the department of administration.

     (3) "Information technology" has the meaning provided in 2-17-506.

     (4) "Information technology capital project" means a group of interrelated information technology activities that are planned and executed in a structured sequence to create a unique product or service.

     (5) "LRITP" means the long-range information technology program account in the capital projects fund type.

 

     Section 3.  Appropriations and authorizations. (1) All business application systems funded under this section must have a plan approved by the chief information officer for the design, definition, creation, storage, and security of the data associated with the application system. The security aspects of the plan must address but are not limited to authentication and granting of system privileges, safeguards against unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive information, and, consistent with state records retention policies, plans for the removal of sensitive data from the system when it is no longer needed. It is the intent of this subsection that specific consideration be given to the potential sharing of data with other state agencies in the design, definition, creation, storage, and security of the data.

     (2) Funds may not be released for a project until the chief information officer and the budget director approve the plans described in subsection (1).

     (3) The following money is appropriated to the department to be used only for the indicated information technology capital projects:

Agency/Project      LRITP     State      Federal      Proprietary      Total

           & #160;        Special      Special

           & #160;        Revenue      Revenue

FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS

Automated Licensing System Replacement

          & #160;               2,500,000       &# 160;   7,500,000             0;            &# 160;        10,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Mainframe Transition 

           & #160;               4,034,822    &# 160;                                    &# 160;                        0; 4,034,822

DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK

Interface Systems Upgrade 

                             1,300,000    &# 160;                        0;            &# 160;                       1,300,000

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION

Water Rights Information System (WRIS)

           & #160;  2,395,197      60;            & #160;       1,000,000  60;            & #160;                       0;            &# 160;             3,395,197

Trust Land Management System II (TLMSII)          &# 160;                    

           & #160;               2,000,000      &# 160;                        0;            &# 160;                       2,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Montana Family Safety Information System (MFSIS)

              2,722,619      0;            &# 160;                                   2, 722,619           0;            &# 160;               5,445,238

Mainframe Transition - CAPS and SEARCHES

          & #160;  2,195,550       60;            & #160;         557,709           0;2,666,769                       0;          &# 160;     5,420,028

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Billing System           0;            &# 160;                        0;            &# 160;   

                           7,000,000      &# 160;                                  0;            &# 160;            7,000,000

     (4) The department of fish, wildlife, and parks may adjust appropriations between state special revenue and federal special revenue funds if the total state special revenue authority is not increased by more than 10% of the total appropriation authorized for the automated licensing system replacement project.

 

     Section 4.  Fund transfers. The state treasurer shall transfer $7,313,366 from the general fund to the LRITP by June 30, 2021.

 

     Section 5.  Statewide networks efficiencies. (1) The department is directed to leverage federal funds and other resources to the maximum extent possible to assist with infrastructure obligations associated with federal and other programs.

     (2) State agencies are authorized to utilize existing appropriation authority to support or enhance enterprise electronic content management services.

 

     Section 6.  Severability. If a part of [this act] is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of [this act] is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications.

 

     Section 7.  Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.

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