GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 327

Short Title:  GPAC/Info. Tech. Disaster Recov.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 23, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO REQUIRE INFORMATION RESOURCES DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING IN STATE GOVERNMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Information Resources Management Commission (hereafter referred to as "IRMC" ) shall establish policies and guidelines for disaster recovery plans and operations at the State Information Processing Services (hereafter referred to as "SIPS" ).  These policies and guidelines shall be established not later than June 30, 1993.
Sec. 2. The IRMC shall establish policies and guidelines for State agencies to follow in developing disaster recovery plans and operations.  The IRMC shall present these policies and guidelines to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations not later than June 30, 1993.
Sec. 3. SIPS shall prepare a report on steps it has taken to develop a contract for full-facility disaster recovery services, commonly referred to as a "hot site" facility, that will provide disaster recovery coverage for critical applications on the State computer center's mainframe computer and network as well as disaster recovery coverage for critical applications on other State mainframe computers.  SIPS shall deliver the report to the IRMC not later than July 31, 1993.
Sec. 4. All State departments under the jurisdiction of the IRMC shall submit to the IRMC their plans for participating in and using the SIPS contract for hot site disaster recovery services to recover any of their  applications that are determined by the IRMC or the SIPS hot site contract to be critical to the operations of State government.  The State departments shall submit these plans to the IRMC not later than July 31, 1993.
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.