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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  70A.40  STATE COMPUTER USE –
  1  2 NONOFFICIAL PROGRAMS PROHIBITED.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
  1  4 requires:
  1  5    a.  "Access", "computer", "data", and "data processing
  1  6 software" mean the same as defined in section 22.3A.
  1  7    b.  "Program" means ordered instructions or statements,
  1  8 languages, or procedures, including data processing software,
  1  9 that are electronic or magnetic impulses read or processed by
  1 10 a computer for purposes of performing the high-speed execution
  1 11 of human commands, including but not limited to the entry or
  1 12 manipulation of data.
  1 13    2.  A person who is a state officer or employee shall not
  1 14 access a computer in order to use a program or deliver or
  1 15 receive data processed by a computer, if both of the following
  1 16 apply:
  1 17    a.  The computer is property of the state, including owned,
  1 18 rented, or leased by the state.
  1 19    b.  The program or data is unrelated to the duties or
  1 20 employment of the person or another state officer or employee
  1 21 with whom the person has an employment relationship, including
  1 22 but not limited to programs designed solely for the purpose of
  1 23 entertainment, competition, or amusement.  
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill prohibits a person who is a state officer or
  1 26 employee from accessing a state computer in order to use a
  1 27 computer program or deliver or receive computer data, if the
  1 28 program or data is unrelated to the duties or employment of
  1 29 the person or another state officer or employee with whom the
  1 30 person has an employment relationship.  The bill expressly
  1 31 prohibits a person from using a computer program designed
  1 32 solely for the purpose of entertainment, competition, or
  1 33 amusement.  
  1 34 LSB 1462YH 78
  1 35 da/sc/14
     

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