BILL NUMBER: AB 1881	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11549 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11549.  (a) There is in state government, in the Department of
Technology, the Office of Information Security. The purpose of the
 Office of Information Security   office 
is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of
state systems and applications, and to promote and protect privacy as
part of the development and operations of state systems and
applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state.
   (b) The office shall be under the direction of a chief, who shall
be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor. The
chief shall report to the Director of Technology, and shall lead the
Office of Information Security in carrying out its mission.
   (c) The duties of the Office of Information Security, under the
direction of the chief, shall be to provide direction for information
security and privacy to state government agencies, departments, and
offices, pursuant to Section 11549.3.
   (d) (1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, whenever
the term "Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection"
appears in any statute, regulation, or contract, it shall be deemed
to refer to the Office of Information Security, and whenever the term
"executive director of the Office of Information Security and
Privacy Protection" appears in statute, regulation, or contract, it
shall be deemed to refer to the Chief of the Office of Information
Security.
   (2) All employees serving in state civil service, other than
temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions
transferred from the Office of Information Security and Privacy
Protection to the Office of Information Security, are transferred to
the Office of Information Security. The status, positions, and rights
of those persons shall not be affected by their transfer and shall
continue to be retained by them pursuant to the State Civil Service
Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5), except as
to positions the duties of which are vested in a position exempt
from civil service. The personnel records of all transferred
employees shall be transferred to the Office of Information Security.

   (3) The property of any office, agency, or department related to
functions transferred to the Office of Information Security is
transferred to the Office of Information Security. If any doubt
arises as to where that property is transferred, the Department of
General Services shall determine where the property is transferred.
   (4) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds
available for use in connection with any function or the
administration of any law transferred to the Office of Information
Security shall be transferred to the Office of Information Security
for the use and for the purpose for which the appropriation was
originally made or the funds were originally available. If there is
any doubt as to where those balances and funds are transferred, the
Department of Finance shall determine where the balances and funds
are transferred.