(a) There is established the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board, which shall be part of the Legislative Department.

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(b) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (4) two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. All appointed members shall have professional experience or academic qualifications in data analysis, data management, data policy, geospatial information systems or other related fields and may not be a member of the General Assembly. Additional nonvoting ex-officio members shall include the following officials, or their designees: The Commissioner of Administrative Services, the executive director of the Freedom of Information Commission, the Attorney General, the Chief Court Administrator, the State Librarian, the Treasurer, the Secretary of the State, the Comptroller, the Geographic Information Officer and the Chief Data Officer. The Chief Data Officer shall serve as the nonvoting chairperson of the board.

(c) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than July 1, 2018. The terms of the appointed members shall be coterminous with the terms of the appointing authority for each member. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. A member of the board may serve more than one term. The chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not later than August 1, 2018.

(d) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration shall serve as administrative staff of the board. Upon the request of any voting member of the board and with the concurrence of the chairperson of the board, or a vote of the board, the employees of the Offices of Legislative Research and Fiscal Analysis shall provide assistance to the board.

(e) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To advise the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and municipalities concerning data policy, including, but not limited to, best practices in the public, private and academic sectors for data analysis, management, storage, security, privacy and visualization and the use of data to grow the economy; (2) to advise the Office of Policy and Management regarding online repositories for geospatial and other data, including those established under section 4-67p; (3) to issue reports and recommendations in accordance with section 11-4a; (4) upon the request of at least two members of the board, to request any agency data officer or agency head to appear before the board to answer questions; (5) to request from any executive department, board, commission or other agency of the state such assistance and data as necessary and available to carry out the purposes of this section; (6) to make recommendations to the legislative leaders and the directors of the offices of Fiscal Analysis and Legislative Research regarding data analysis skills and related expertise that the leaders and said offices may seek to cultivate among their staff through training or as a consideration when hiring staff; and (7) to establish bylaws to govern its procedures.

(f) The board shall meet at least twice a year and may meet at such other times as deemed necessary by the chairperson or a majority of the members of the board.