HOUSE BILL No. 4978


     October 12, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Bob Brown, Woodward, Wojno, Neumann,
DeHart, Bovin, Schermesser, Rivet, Thomas, 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.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 490.  (1) THE DIRECTOR SHALL ISSUE A DIRECTIVE TO EACH

 2    STATE AGENCY TO CONDUCT TWO Y2K COMPLIANCE TESTS ON ALL COMPUTER

 3    EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE OPERATED BY THE STATE AGENCY.  THE FIRST

 4    Y2K COMPLIANCE TEST SHALL BE CONDUCTED NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS

 5    AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDATORY ACT THAT ADDED THIS

 6    SECTION.  THE SECOND Y2K COMPLIANCE TEST SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN

 7    THE FOURTH CALENDAR QUARTER IN 1999.  A STATE AGENCY SHALL CON-

 8    TRACT WITH A NONGOVERNMENTAL THIRD PARTY TO OBSERVE EACH COMPLI-

 9    ANCE TEST AND TO VERIFY THE RESULTS OF EACH COMPLIANCE TEST.






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 1         (2) A STATE AGENCY SHALL NOTIFY THE DIRECTOR WITHIN 10 DAYS

 2    IF ANY OF ITS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FAILS A Y2K COMPLIANCE TEST

 3    UNDER THIS SECTION.


















































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