(1) The office shall convene a working group of state agencies, as defined in section 24-37.5-102 (4), to meet during the interim following the first regular session of the seventy-second general assembly to determine the cost, feasibility, and appropriateness of transferring ownership of information technology infrastructure, as described in section 24-37.5102 (2)(a), from state agencies to the office to ensure that information technology infrastructure is acquired, maintained, and retired in accordance with:
The chief information security officer's policies, standards, and guidelines developedpursuant to section 24-37.5-403 (2); and
The chief information officer's standards for acquiring information technology infrastructure developed pursuant to section 24-37.5-106 (1)(f.5).
On or before December 1, 2019, the office shall submit a report to the members ofthe joint budget committee and the joint technology committee of the general assembly regarding the necessary statutory changes, rule changes, and funding to implement the transfer of ownership of information technology infrastructure from state agencies to the office, if it is determined, based on the working group's findings, to be in the state's best interest to implement such transfer.
The office shall enlist vendor services in the development of the report required pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-251), ch. 253, p. 2449, § 3, effective May 23.