California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1881


Introduced by Assembly Member Chang

February 10, 2016


An act to amend Section 11546 of the Government Code, relating to state government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1881, as introduced, Chang. Office of Information Security.

Existing law creates in the Department of Technology, the Office of Information Security, under the direction of a chief, to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 11549 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:

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11549.  

(a) There is in state government, in the Department of
4Technology, the Office of Information Security. The purpose of
5thebegin delete Office of Information Securityend deletebegin insert officeend insert is to ensure the
6confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and
7applications, and to promote and protect privacy as part of the
8development and operations of state systems and applications to
9ensure the trust of the residents of this state.

P2    1(b) The office shall be under the direction of a chief, who shall
2be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. The
3chief shall report to the Director of Technology, and shall lead the
4Office of Information Security in carrying out its mission.

5(c) The duties of the Office of Information Security, under the
6direction of the chief, shall be to provide direction for information
7security and privacy to state government agencies, departments,
8and offices, pursuant to Section 11549.3.

9(d) (1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, whenever
10the term “Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection”
11appears in any statute, regulation, or contract, it shall be deemed
12to refer to the Office of Information Security, and whenever the
13term “executive director of the Office of Information Security and
14Privacy Protection” appears in statute, regulation, or contract, it
15shall be deemed to refer to the Chief of the Office of Information
16Security.

17(2) All employees serving in state civil service, other than
18temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of
19functions transferred from the Office of Information Security and
20Privacy Protection to the Office of Information Security, are
21transferred to the Office of Information Security. The status,
22positions, and rights of those persons shall not be affected by their
23transfer and shall continue to be retained by them pursuant to the
24State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500)
25of Division 5), except as to positions the duties of which are vested
26in a position exempt from civil service. The personnel records of
27all transferred employees shall be transferred to the Office of
28Information Security.

29(3) The property of any office, agency, or department related
30to functions transferred to the Office of Information Security is
31transferred to the Office of Information Security. If any doubt
32arises as to where that property is transferred, the Department of
33General Services shall determine where the property is transferred.

34(4) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds
35available for use in connection with any function or the
36administration of any law transferred to the Office of Information
37Security shall be transferred to the Office of Information Security
38for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was
39originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is
40any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred,
P3    1the Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and
2funds are transferred.



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