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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the vehicle inspection program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 548.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 548.008. VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM |
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DIRECTOR. (a) The vehicle inspection program is managed by a |
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program director. The program director may not be a commissioned |
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officer. |
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(b) The office of the vehicle inspection program director |
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must be located in Austin, Texas. |
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(c) The duties of the program director include: |
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(1) responsibility for the quality of the vehicle |
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inspection program; |
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(2) coordination of the regional offices; |
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(3) compilation of regional and statewide performance |
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data; |
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(4) the establishment of best practices and |
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distribution of those practices to the regional offices; |
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(5) setting goals for the entire program, in |
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consultation with the public safety director or the public safety |
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director's designee, and setting goals for each regional office in |
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consultation with the regional managers; |
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(6) monitoring the progress toward the goals set in |
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Subdivision (5) and evaluating the program based on that progress; |
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and |
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(7) coordination with the Texas Highway Patrol to |
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enforce provisions related to vehicle inspection. |
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(d) The regional offices shall make reports as requested by |
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the program director. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |