Sec. 723.011. GOVERNOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROGRAM  


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  • (a) The governor shall:

    (1) prepare and administer a statewide traffic safety program designed to reduce traffic accidents and the death, injury, and property damage that result from traffic accidents;

    (2) adopt rules for the administration of this chapter, including rules, procedures, and policy statements governing grants-in-aid and contractual relations;

    (3) receive on the state's behalf for the implementation of this chapter money made available by the United States under federal law; and

    (4) allocate money appropriated by the legislature in the General Appropriations Act to implement this chapter.

    (b) In preparing and administering the traffic safety program, the governor may:

    (1) cooperate with the United States or a legal or political subdivision of the state in research designed to aid in traffic safety;

    (2) accept federal money available for research relating to traffic safety; and

    (3) employ personnel necessary to administer this chapter.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.