(a) The programs of the Department of Public Safety fall into three general classes:
  (1) street and highway traffic management;
  (2) crime suppression and control; and
  (3) emergency management.
(b) The three major classes of functional departmental programs within the department are as follows:
  (1) police law enforcement function:
    (A) highway patrol service;
    (B) drivers license service;
    (C) vehicle inspection service;
    (D) license and weight service;
    (E) narcotics service;
    (F) special crimes service;
    (G) Texas Ranger service;
    (H) motor vehicle theft service;
  (2) administrative and regulatory function:
    (A) drivers license service (primary responsibility);
    (B) vehicle inspection service, parameter vehicle emission and vehicle idle emission inspection and maintenance (primary responsibility);
    (C) motorcycle operator training and all-terrain vehicle certification;
    (D) controlled substance registration;
    (E) alcohol testing program;
  (3) staff support and supplemental functions:
    (A) inspection and planning;
    (B) staff services;
    (C) crime records services;
    (D) safety education service;
    (E) accounting and budget control;
    (F) motor carrier lease;
    (G) public information;
    (H) emergency management;
    (I) administrative and legal services;
    (J) communications service;
    (K) crime laboratory services statewide;
    (L) missing children/persons clearinghouse;
    (M) automated data processing.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.3 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective May 27, 1987, 12 TexReg 1565; amended to be effective November 22, 1989, 14 TexReg 5935; amended to be effective July 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 5540