Information Technology Advisory Board: Creation; members; Chair

1. There is hereby created an Information Technology Advisory Board. The Board consists of: (a) One member appointed by the Majority Floor Leader of the Senate from the membership of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance. (b) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly from the membership of the Assembly Standing Committee on Ways and Means. (c) Two representatives of using agencies which are major users of the services of the Office. The Governor shall appoint the two representatives. Each such representative serves for a term of 4 years. For the purposes of this paragraph, an agency is a “major user” if it is among the top five users of the services of the Office, based on the amount of money paid by each agency for the services of the Office during the immediately preceding biennium. (d) The Chief of the Office or his or her designee. (e) The Attorney General or his or her designee. (f) Five persons appointed by the Governor as follows: (1) Three persons who represent a city or county in this State, at least one of whom is engaged in information technology or information security; and (2) Two persons who represent the information technology industry but who: (I) Are not employed by this State; (II) Do not hold any elected or appointed office in State Government; (III) Do not have an existing contract or other agreement to provide information services, systems or technology to an agency of this State; and (IV) Are independent of and have no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a corporation, association, partnership or other business organization which provides information services, systems or technology to an agency of this State. 2. Each person appointed pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 serves for a term of 4 years. No person so appointed may serve more than 2 consecutive terms. 3. At the first regular meeting of each calendar year, the members of the Board shall elect a Chair by majority vote.