Texas § 201.451 ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.

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§ 201.451 — ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.

Texas § 201.451

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Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 201.451 (2026).

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Sec. 201.451. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. The commission shall establish a compliance program, which must include a compliance office to oversee the program. The compliance office is responsible for:

(1)acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of departmental policy, fraud, waste, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department;

(2)independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of:

(A)conduct described by Subdivision (1);

(B)criminal activity in the department;

(C)allegations of wrongdoing by department employees;

(D)crimes committed on department property; and

(E)serious breaches of department policy;

(3)overseeing the operation of the telephone hotline established under Section 201.211 ; (

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Sec. 201.451. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. The commission shall establish a compliance program, which must include a compliance office to oversee the program. The compliance office is responsible for:
(1) acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of departmental policy, fraud, waste, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department;
(2) independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of:
(A) conduct described by Subdivision (1);
(B) criminal activity in the department;
(C) allegations of wrongdoing by department employees;
(D) crimes committed on department property; and
(E) serious breaches of department policy;
(3) overseeing the operation of the telephone hotline established under Section 201.211 ;
(4) ensuring that members of the commission and department employees receive appropriate ethics training; and
(5) performing other duties assigned to the office by the commission.