JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS

(a) In this section: (1) "Committee" means the Joint Oversight Committee on Investment in Information Technology Improvement and Modernization Projects. (2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2052.101. (b) The committee is created to review investment and funding strategies for projects to improve or modernize state agency information resources technologies. (c) The committee is composed of six members as follows: (1) three members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor; and (2) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (d) The presiding officer of the committee shall alternate annually between: (1) a member of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor; and (2) a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (e) A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. (f) The committee biennially shall provide a written report to the legislature that: (1) identifies: (A) existing and planned projects to improve or modernize state agency information resources technologies; and (B) the method of funding for each project identified by the committee under Paragraph (A); and (2) includes: (A) a determination by the committee of the amount necessary to fully fund each project identified under Subdivision (1) to completion; and (B) strategies developed by the committee to ensure a long-term investment solution for projects to improve or modernize state agency information resources technologies is in place, including strategies to: (i) access the full amount of federal money available for those projects; and (ii) use information gathered by the department during previous projects to improve the management, oversight, and transparency of future projects. (g) The department shall provide staff support for the committee. (h) The committee: (1) has the powers of a joint committee; and (2) may obtain funding in the same manner as a joint committee. (i) The rules adopted by the 87th Legislature for the administration of joint committees apply to the committee to the extent the rules are consistent with this section. (j) The committee is abolished and this section expires September 1, 2026.