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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-411" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Legislative Policy Committee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Board” means the Information Technology Advisory Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an Information Technology Advisory Board to advise the Legislative Policy Committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of eight members of the public with expertise in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>enterprise information technology management experience; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>specific technology experience, including experience with artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The President of the Senate shall appoint four of the Board members.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Speaker of the House shall appoint four of the Board members.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The President and the Speaker shall jointly designate a member to serve as chair of the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A member of the Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not receive compensation as a member of the Board; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is subject to the Public Ethics Law; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>shall disclose to the State Ethics Commission if the member:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is employed by an entity that currently does business with the State that is related to the matters before the Board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a financial interest in an entity that currently does business with the State that is related to the matters before the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall be staffed by the Department of Legislative Services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serve as an expert advisory entity to the General Assembly; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>review any State reports or other available information regarding existing major information technology development projects, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>project management and oversight reports provided confidentially to the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any confidential information regarding project risks submitted to the Legislative Policy Committee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the State modernization plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>legacy system standards, inventory, and funding projections;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>State use of the information technology investment maturity model;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the State centralization strategies for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>information technology management; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>cybersecurity; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the State artificial intelligence roadmap developed by the Governor’s artificial intelligence subcabinet.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>On or before December 15 each year, the Board shall submit to the Legislative Policy Committee and the Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, in accordance with § 2–1257 of this title, a report that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>interprets and summarizes the reports and other information reviewed under subsection (f)(2) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides advice to the State based on the reports and other information reviewed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>communicates the requisite information in a clear and concise manner that, to the greatest extent possible, avoids the use of technical language or reliance on existing industry knowledge.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
