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Texas Government Code Sec. 411.006 Duties of the Director Texas Department of Public Safety

The Director shall:

(1) be directly responsible to the commission for the conduct of the department's affairs;

(2) act as executive director of the department;

(3) act with the commission in an advisory capacity, without vote;

(4) adopt rules, subject to commission approval, considered necessary for the control of the department;

(5) issue commissions as law enforcement officers, under the commission's direction, to all members of the Texas Rangers and the Texas Highway Patrol and to other officers of the department;

(6) appoint, with the advice and consent of the commission, the chiefs of the bureaus provided for by this chapter;

(7) issue and sign requisitions as provided by law for the purchase of supplies for the office and officers of the department, suitable uniforms, arms, and equipment;

(8) quarterly, annually, and biennially submit to the commission detailed reports of the operation of the department, including statements of its expenditures; and

(9) prepare, swear to, submit to the governor, and file in the department's records a quarterly statement containing an itemized list of all money received and its source and all money spent and the purposes for which it was spent.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.