H.B. 167

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
2 INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION PROGRAM
3 2000 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Blake D. Chard
6 AN ACT RELATING TO THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; CREATING THE
7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR FUNDING
8 OF THE PROGRAM; AND AUTHORIZING GRANTS TO AGENCIES FOR PROJECTS
9 MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 ENACTS:
12 63D-1-304, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 63D-1-304 is enacted to read:
15 63D-1-304. Utah Technology Infrastructure Innovation Program.
16 (1) There is created within the office of the chief information officer a program known as
17 the "Utah Technology Infrastructure Innovation Program."
18 (2) The Legislature recognizes the need for innovation in streamlining government
19 processes and decreasing costs of government through technology which will provide greater
20 efficiencies and better responsiveness by government to the citizens of the state.
21 (3) The program shall be funded from legislative appropriations made to the program.
22 (4) Money in the program shall be nonlapsing except that any monies in excess of
23 $5,000,000 unexpended at the close of each fiscal year shall lapse into the General Fund.
24 (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 63-38-3 , the chief information officer:
25 (a) may provide grants to individual agencies for single-agency technology innovation
26 projects as prescribed by Subsection (6); and
27 (b) shall favor granting monies to agency technology innovation projects that can show

28 clear cost savings to the state.
29 (6) In order to receive funds for proposed technology innovation projects, the agency shall
30 provide information to the chief information officer clearly identifying the return on investment
31 and cost savings to the program or agency from implementation of the project.




Legislative Review Note
as of 11-17-99 12:48 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Committee Note

The Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee recommended this bill.