Tex. Gov't Code § 418.0195

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 418.0195 - Disconnection of State Computer Networks

(a) This section applies only to a computer network used by:

(1) a state agency; or

(2) an entity other than a state agency receiving network security services from the Department of Information Resources under Section 2059.058.

(b) The governor may order the Department of Information Resources to disconnect a computer network from the Internet in the event of a substantial external threat to the computer network.

(c) The authority granted under this section is limited to Internet connectivity services provided exclusively to an entity described by Subsection (a).

Tex. Gov't. Code § 418.0195

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1310, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2011.