Senate Bill No. 359
(By Senator Sypolt)
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[Introduced January 27, 2010; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-6B-1, §5A-6B-2,
§5A-6B-3, §5A-6B-4 and §5A-6B-5, all relating to the West
Virginia Geographical Information System.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new article, designated §5A-6B-1, §5A-6B-2,
§5A-6B-3, §5A-6B-4 and §5A-6B-5, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6B. WEST VIRGINIA GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM.
§5A-6B-1. Findings and purpose.
That the Legislature finds and declares that computerized
geographical information systems technology and the management and
sharing of information about the state's natural and cultural
resources is essential to finding practical solutions to good,
efficient and effective governance. That Executive Order 4-93 recognized the West Virginia Geographical Information System Policy
Council to oversee the implementation of the State GIS Development
Plan by the appointment of a State GIS Coordinator, and the
appointment of a steering committee to coordinate the technical
aspects of the plan, and the development of a GIS users group to
educate, train and exchange information among GIS users, and
further to create a GIS Technical Center in cooperation with West
Virginia University.
§5A-6B-2. Definitions.
(a) "GIS Plan" means the Geographical Information System Plan.
(b)
"Chief Technology Officer" means the person defined in
article six, chapter five-a of this code.
(c) "GIS Users Group" includes the West Virginia Association
of Geospatial Professionals and other groups or individuals that
educate, train, and exchange information among GIS users.
(d) "Geological and Economic Survey" means the entity provided
for in article two, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(e) "Geospatial" means a combination of spatial software and
analytical methods of terrestrial or geographic datasets.
(f) "GIS Technical Center" means the State GIS Technical Center
in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia
University.
§5A-6B-3. GIS Users Group Contribution to GIS Plan.
Within the framework of the Chief Technology Officer's Information Technology Plan and the office of the State GIS
Coordinator and the Office of the State Geological and Economic
Survey, and the West Virginia Geographical System Information
Policy Council, GIS Users Groups including, but not limited to, the
West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals are
recognized to assist the development of the State Geographic
Information System Plan.
§5A-6B-4. Security of government information.
The Chief Technology Officer shall ensure the security of all
government information and the data communications infrastructure
from unauthorized uses, intrusions or other security threats.
§5A-6B-5. Legislative rules.
The Statewide GIS Coordinator in consultation with the Chief
Technology Officer shall propose legislative rules for legislative
promulgation, in accordance with the provisions of article three,
chapter twenty-nine-a of this code as may be necessary to
standardize and make effective the provisions of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to recognize GIS User Groups
such as the West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals
to assist the development of the state GIS plan.
This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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