75-7211. Same; legislative oversight. (a) The legislative chief information technology officer, under the direction of the joint committee, shall monitor state agency execution of information technology projects and, at times agreed upon by the three chief information technology officers, shall report progress regarding the implementation of such projects and all proposed expenditures therefor, including all revisions to such proposed expenditures for the current fiscal year and for ensuing fiscal years.
(b) The head of a state agency with primary responsibility for an information technology project may authorize or approve, without prior consultation with the joint committee, any change in planned expenditures for an information technology project that would result in the total cost of the project being increased above the currently authorized cost of such project but that increases the total cost of such project by less than the lower of either $1,000,000 or 10% of the currently authorized cost, and any change in planned expenditures for an information technology project involving a cost reduction, other than a change in the proposed use of any new or replacement information technology equipment or in the use of any existing information technology equipment that has been significantly upgraded.
(c) The head of a state agency with primary responsibility for an information technology project shall not authorize or approve, without first advising and consulting with the joint committee any information technology project change or overrun. The joint committee shall report all such changes and overruns to the senate standing committee on ways and means and the house standing committee on appropriations.
History: L. 1998, ch. 182, § 11; May 21.
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