Amendments to House Bill No. 2

Committee Study Bill Copy

Requested by Representative Kenneth Holmlund

For the House Appropriations Committee

Prepared by Katie Guenther

March 9, 2019 (11:11am)

1. Page A-4, line 21: .

Strike: "3,433,080 3,433,392"[General Fund FY 20 FY 21]

Insert: "273,080 273,392"  [General Fund FY 20 FY 21]

Following: line 23

Insert: "b. Montana Cybersecurity Enhancement Project (Restricted)"

Insert: "3,160,000 3,160,000"[General Fund FY 20 FY 21]

2. Page A-5: .

Following: line 5

Insert:

"Montana Cybersecurity Enhancement Project is restricted to expenditures for: next generation antivirus software; cybersecurity staff; cybersecurity student programs; web application firewall; e-mail security gateway; security information and event management; analytics-driven security and continuous monitoring for threats; governance, risk, and compliance software; enterprise risk assessment; digital forensics lab; source code repository; security orchestration, automation and response; and outsourced professional services.

The State Information Technology Services Division shall report to the legislative finance committee quarterly on the Montana Cybersecurity Enhancement Project.

It is the intent of the legislature that funding for the Montana Cybersecurity Enhancement Project be moved to the State Information Technology Services Division’s proprietary rates in the 2023 biennium if the project is successful."

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Explanation - This amendment restricts the uses of the Montana Cybersecurity Enhancement project, requires reporting to the Legislative Finance Committee, and provides the intent that funding be moved to proprietary rates in the 2023 biennium in the State Information Technology Division in the Department of Administration.

This amendment adds 10.00 FTE to the $1,000,000 personal services funding in each fiscal year already included in HB 2.