Tex. Gov't Code § 418.0195 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF GOVERNOR
DISCONNECTION OF STATE COMPUTER NETWORKS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 Texas Cyber Command 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).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1310 (H.B. 3333), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 331 (H.B. 150), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm
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