(2) The State Chief Information Officer shall adopt rules to govern state agency use of electronic signatures. The rules must include control processes and procedures to ensure adequate integrity, security and confidentiality for business transactions that state agencies conduct using electronic commerce and to ensure that the transactions can be audited as is necessary for the normal conduct of business.
(3) As used in this section, "state agency" means every state officer and board, commission, department, institution, branch and agency of the state government, the costs of which are paid wholly or in part from funds held in the State Treasury, except:
(a) The Legislative Assembly, the courts, the district attorney for each county and the officers and committees of the Legislative Assembly, the courts and the district attorney; and
(b) The Public Defense Services Commission. [2001 c.535 §22; 2003 c.449 §24; 2005 c.118 §2; 2015 c.807 §9]