INTRODUCED
BY K. Holmlund
By Request of the Office of Budget and Program Planning
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECTS; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2023; PROVIDING FOR MATTERS RELATING 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 ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; PROMOTING STATEWIDE NETWORKS EFFICIENCIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of [this act], the following definitions apply:
(1) "Chief information officer" has the meaning provided in 2-17-506.
(2) "Information technology" has the meaning provided in 2-17-506.
(3) "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.
(4) "LRITP" means the long-range information technology program account in the capital projects fund type.
Section 2. 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 of administration to be used only for the indicated information technology capital projects:
Agency/Project LRITP State Federal Proprietary Total
Special Special
Revenue Revenue
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION
HVAC Systems Network and Monitoring
500,000 500,000
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION - STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Montana Cybersecurity Enhancement Project (Restricted) 500,000 500,000
This appropriation may be used only for the cloud access security broker project.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Contributions System Version Upgrade
The department of labor and industry is authorized to transfer appropriations between federal and state special revenue funds for purposes of funding the unemployment insurance tax contributions system version upgrade.
5,000,000 5,000,000
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits System Replacement
The department of labor and industry is authorized to transfer appropriations between federal and state special revenue funds for purposes of funding the unemployment insurance benefits system replacement.
45,000,000 45,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Billing System
2,500,000 2,500,000
Section 3. Fund transfer. The state treasurer shall transfer the amount of $500,000 from the general fund to the LRITP by June 30, 2023.
Section 4. Statewide networks efficiencies. (1) The department of administration 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 5. 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 6. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2021.