Texas Transportation Code Title 7, Chapter 1001 - Organization Of Department

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1001.001 - Definitions
  In this subtitle: (1) "Board" means the board of the department. (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. (3) "Executive director" means the...
• Texas Section 1001.002 - Creation Of Department; Duties
  (a) The department is created as an agency of this state. (b) In addition to the other duties required of the Texas Department of Motor...
• Texas Section 1001.003 - Composition Of Department
  The department is composed of an executive director appointed by the board and other employees required to efficiently implement: (1) this subtitle; (2) other applicable...
• Texas Section 1001.004 - Divisions
  The executive director shall organize the department into divisions to accomplish the department's functions and the duties assigned to the department. Added by Acts 2009,...
• Texas Section 1001.005 - Sunset Provision
  The department is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished...
• Texas Section 1001.006 - Defense By Attorney General
  The attorney general shall defend an action brought against the board or the department or an action brought against an employee of the department as...
• Texas Section 1001.007 - Protection And Use Of Intellectual Property And Publications
  (a) The department may: (1) apply for, register, secure, hold, and protect under the laws of the United States, any state, or any nation a...
• Texas Section 1001.008 - Donations And Contributions
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for the purpose of carrying out its functions and duties, the board may accept a donation or contribution...
• Texas Section 1001.009 - Collection Of Fees For Department Goods And Services
  (a) The board may adopt rules regarding the method of collection of a fee for any goods sold or services provided by the department or...
• Texas Section 1001.010 - Authority To Contract
  (a) The department may enter into an interlocal contract with one or more local governments in accordance with Chapter 791, Government Code. (b) The board...
• Texas Section 1001.011 - Educational Campaigns And Training
  The department may conduct public service educational campaigns related to its functions. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1290 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 35,...
• Texas Section 1001.012 - Immunity From Liability
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the executive director, a board member, or an employee is not personally liable for damages resulting from an official act...
• Texas Section 1001.013 - Performance Of Certain Department Functions By Authorized Business
  (a) The executive director of the department may authorize a business entity to perform a department function in accordance with rules adopted under Subsection (b)....

SUBCHAPTER B BOARD OF DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

• Texas Section 1001.014 - Advertising Inside Certain Department Facilities
  The department may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message display system to promote department information or news...
• Texas Section 1001.021 - Board
  (a) The board consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. (b) Three members must be persons...
• Texas Section 1001.022 - Terms
  Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of either one or two members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Added...
• Texas Section 1001.0221 - Board; Duties
  (a) The board shall oversee and coordinate the development of the department and shall ensure that all components of the motor vehicle industry function as...
• Texas Section 1001.023 - Chair And Vice Chair; Duties
  (a) The governor shall appoint one of the board's members chair of the board. The chair serves at the pleasure of the governor. The board...
• Texas Section 1001.024 - Board Meetings
  The board shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly and special meetings at the call of the chair. Board members shall attend the meetings of...
• Texas Section 1001.025 - Recommendations To Legislature
  (a) The board shall consider ways in which the department's operations may be improved and may periodically report to the legislature concerning potential statutory changes...
• Texas Section 1001.026 - Compensation
  A member of the board is entitled to compensation as provided by the General Appropriations Act. If compensation for board members is not provided by...
• Texas Section 1001.027 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a board member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain...
• Texas Section 1001.028 - Conflict Of Interest
  (a) A member of the board shall disclose in writing to the executive director if the member has an interest in a matter before the...
• Texas Section 1001.029 - Information On Qualifications And Conduct
  The department shall provide to the members of the board, as often as necessary, information concerning the members' qualifications for office and their responsibilities under...
• Texas Section 1001.030 - Training On Department And Certain Laws Relating To Department
  (a) To be eligible to take office as a member of the board, a person appointed to the board must complete at least one course...

SUBCHAPTER C PERSONNEL

• Texas Section 1001.031 - Advisory Committees
  (a) The board shall retain or establish one or more advisory committees to make recommendations to the board or the executive director. A committee has...
• Texas Section 1001.041 - Department Personnel
  (a) Subject to the General Appropriations Act or other law, the executive director shall appoint deputies, assistants, and other personnel as necessary to carry out...
• Texas Section 1001.0411 - Executive Director; Duties
  (a) The board shall appoint an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the board. The executive director shall perform all duties assigned by...
• Texas Section 1001.042 - Division Of Responsibilities
  The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly define the respective responsibilities of the executive director and the staff of the department. Added by...
• Texas Section 1001.043 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy; Report
  (a) The executive director or the director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of a program of equal employment...
• Texas Section 1001.044 - Qualifications And Standards Of Conduct
  The executive director shall provide to department employees, as often as necessary, information regarding their: (1) qualification for office or employment under this subtitle; and...

SUBCHAPTER D ELECTRONIC ISSUANCE OF LICENSES

• Texas Section 1001.045 - Career Ladder Program; Performance Evaluations
  (a) The executive director or the director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency posting of all nonentry level...
• Texas Section 1001.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Digital signature" means an electronic identifier intended by the person using it to have the same force and effect as the...
• Texas Section 1001.102 - Application For And Issuance Of License
  The board by rule may provide for the filing of a license application and the issuance of a license by electronic means. Added by Acts...

SUBCHAPTER E TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND

• Texas Section 1001.103 - Digital Signature
  (a) A license application received by the department is considered signed if a digital signature is transmitted with the application and intended by the applicant...
• Texas Section 1001.151 - Texas Department Of Motor Vehicles Fund
  (a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund is a special fund in the treasury outside the general revenue fund and the state highway fund....
• Texas Section 1001.152 - Use Of Money In Fund
  Money that is required to be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund may be used...
• Texas Section 1001.153 - Applicability Of Other Law
  Subchapter D, Chapter 316, Government Code, and Section 403.095, Government Code, do not apply to the fund created under Section 1001.151. Added by Acts 2013,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016