Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB10: Long-range information technology appropriations
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to information technology capital projects; appropriating money for information technology capital projects for the biennium ending june 30, 2027; 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 acquisition, implementation, and configuration of new information technology systems; promoting statewide networks efficiencies; providing definitions; and providing an effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECTS; APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; 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 ACQUISITION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND CONFIGURATION OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS; PROMOTING STATEWIDE NETWORKS EFFICIENCIES; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 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 resource" 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) (a) All business application systems funded under this section must have a plan approved by the chief information officer for the system design, implementation, and security of the data associated with the system. (b) The security aspects of the plan must address but are not limited to the (ii) safeguards against unauthorized access to or disclosure of sensitive information; and - 1 - Authorized Print Version …