Sec. 548.008.  VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM DIRECTOR.  (a)  The vehicle inspection program is managed by a program director. The program director may not be a commissioned officer.
(b)  The office of the vehicle inspection program director must be located in Austin, Texas.
(c)  The duties of the program director include:
(1)  responsibility for the quality of the vehicle inspection program;
(2)  coordination of the regional offices;
(3)  compilation of regional and statewide performance data;
(4)  the establishment of best practices and distribution of those practices to the regional offices;
(5)  setting goals for the entire program, in consultation with the public safety director or the public safety director's designee, and setting goals for each regional office in consultation with the regional managers;
(6)  monitoring the progress toward the goals set in Subdivision (5) and evaluating the program based on that progress; and
(7)  coordination with the Texas Highway Patrol to enforce provisions related to vehicle inspection.
(d)  The regional offices shall make reports as requested by the program director.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 1.02, eff. September 1, 2009.