Tex. Occupations Code § 51.201: GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

(a) The commission shall:

(1) supervise the executive director's administration of the department;

(2) formulate the policy objectives for the department; and

(3) approve the department's operating budget and the department's requests for legislative appropriations.

(b) The commission:

(1) may adopt rules as necessary for its own procedures; and

(2) shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 19, eff. June 14, 2001.