HOUSE BILL No. 4975 October 12, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Thomas, Wojno, Hale, Woodward, Basham, Vaughn, Jacobs, Neumann, Brater, DeHart, Bovin, Schermesser, Rivet, Reeves, Bogardus and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology. A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled "The management and budget act," (MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 490; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 490. (1) THE DIRECTOR SHALL ISSUE A DIRECTIVE TO EACH 2 STATE AGENCY DIRECTING THE OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF THE STATE AGENCY 3 TO REVIEW THE STATE AGENCY'S YEAR 2000 REMEDIATION PLAN AND TO 4 NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR BY OCTOBER 31, 1999 THAT THE OFFICIAL HAS 5 REVIEWED AND APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE STATE AGENCY'S YEAR 2000 6 REMEDIATION PLAN. 7 (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION: 8 (A) "COMPUTER" MEANS A HIGH-SPEED DATA PROCESSING DEVICE 9 THAT PERFORMS LOGICAL, ARITHMETIC, OR MEMORY FUNCTIONS BY THE 10 MANIPULATIONS OF ELECTRONIC OR MAGNETIC IMPULSES AND INCLUDES ALL 03573'99 DAM 2 1 INPUT, OUTPUT, PROCESSING, STORAGE, OR COMMUNICATION FACILITIES 2 THAT ARE CONNECTED OR RELATED TO THE DEVICE. 3 (B) "COMPUTER DATE FAILURE" MEANS A MALFUNCTION, INCLUDING, 4 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE MALFUNCTION OF AN ELECTRONIC OR MECHANI- 5 CAL DEVICE OR THE INABILITY OF A COMPUTER, A COMPUTER NETWORK, A 6 COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, AN EMBEDDED CHIP, OR A COM- 7 PUTER SYSTEM TO ACCURATELY STORE, PROCESS, RECEIVE, OR TRANSMIT 8 DATA, THAT IS CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY THE FAILURE OF A 9 COMPUTER, A COMPUTER NETWORK, A COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER SOFT- 10 WARE, AN EMBEDDED CHIP, OR A COMPUTER SYSTEM TO ACCURATELY OR 11 PROPERLY RECOGNIZE, CALCULATE, DISPLAY, SORT, OR OTHERWISE PRO- 12 CESS DATES OR TIMES IN THE YEARS 1999 AND 2000, AND BEYOND. 13 (C) "COMPUTER NETWORK" MEANS AN INTERCONNECTION OF 2 OR MORE 14 COMPUTERS OR COMPUTER SYSTEMS BY SATELLITE, MICROWAVE, LINE, 15 CABLE, WIRING, OR OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIUM WITH THE CAPABILITY 16 TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION AMONG THE COMPUTERS OR COMPUTER SYSTEMS. 17 (D) "COMPUTER PROGRAM" MEANS AN ORDERED SET OF DATA-CODED 18 INSTRUCTIONS OR STATEMENTS THAT WHEN EXECUTED BY A COMPUTER CAUSE 19 THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO PROCESS DATA OR PERFORM SPECIFIC 20 FUNCTIONS. 21 (E) "COMPUTER SOFTWARE" MEANS A SET OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS, 22 PROCEDURES, AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE OPERATION 23 OF A COMPUTER, COMPUTER SYSTEM, OR COMPUTER NETWORK. 24 (F) "COMPUTER SYSTEM" MEANS A COMBINATION OF A COMPUTER OR A 25 COMPUTER NETWORK WITH THE DOCUMENTATION, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, OR 26 PHYSICAL FACILITIES SUPPORTING THE COMPUTER OR COMPUTER NETWORK. 03573'99 3 1 (G) "EMBEDDED CHIP" MEANS A SINGLE OR MULTIPLE 2 MICROPROCESSOR CHIP THAT OPERATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOFTWARE, 3 INCLUDING SOFTWARE ON THE CHIP ITSELF, THAT IN SOME WAY CONTROLS 4 A DEVICE OR EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A COMPUTER 5 OR OTHER ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL DEVICE. 6 (H) "YEAR 2000 REMEDIATION PLAN" MEANS A PLAN UNDER WHICH A 7 STATE AGENCY TAKES ACTION THAT IS CALCULATED TO AVOID MATERIAL 8 DISRUPTION OF ITS OPERATIONS AS A RESULT OF A COMPUTER DATE FAIL- 9 URE OF A COMPUTER, COMPUTER NETWORK, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER 10 SOFTWARE, EMBEDDED CHIP, OR COMPUTER SYSTEM. 11 (3) THIS SECTION IS REPEALED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005. 03573'99 Final page. DAM