§ 57-3-20 — Responsibilities and duties of division deputy directors.

The responsibilities and duties of the following division deputy directors must include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) division deputy director for finance and administration: (a) financial planning and management; (b) accounting systems necessary to comply with all federal and/or state laws and/or regulations as well as all policies established by the Comptroller General; and (c) administrative functions, including recording proceedings of the commission and developing policy and procedures to ensure compliance with these policies and procedures; (2) division deputy director for construction, engineering, and planning: (a) develop statewide strategic highway plans; and (b) direct highway engineering activities, including construction, design, construction oversight, and maintenance of state highways; (3) division deputy director for intermodal and freight programs: (a) develop a statewide public transit system; (b) coordinate the preservation and revitalization of existing rail corridors; (c) develop and coordinate a statewide passenger and freight rail system, including the development of a comprehensive state rail plan for passenger and freight railroads and rail infrastructure services; (d) plan, develop, and coordinate a comprehensive intermodal transportation program for the movement of passengers and freight through integrated highway, railroad, port, airport, and other transit systems; (e) financial management of funding from federal, state, and local transit, rail, and other intermodal sources; and (f) manage the Office of Railroads and the Office of Public Transit.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 33-22; 1952 Code SECTION 33-22; 1951 (47) 457; 1977 Act No. 82 SECTION 4; 1986 Act No. 383, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1506; 2010 Act No. 206, SECTION 4, eff June 7, 2010.