{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-201.451","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 201.451","heading":"ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.","body":"The commission shall establish a compliance program, which must include a compliance office to oversee the program. The compliance office is responsible for:\n(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;\n(2) independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of:\n(A) conduct described by Subdivision (1);\n(B) criminal activity in the department;\n(C) allegations of wrongdoing by department employees;\n(D) crimes committed on department property; and\n(E) serious breaches of department policy;\n(3) overseeing the operation of the telephone hotline established under Section 201.211;\n(4) ensuring that members of the commission and department employees receive appropriate ethics training; and\n(5) performing other duties assigned to the office by the commission.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 15(a), eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 201. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER F-1. COMPLIANCE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.201.htm#201.451","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"a81cb53bbe225065d0493ed31c08d21a6afae32124757749ba8d9c40302205bd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-201.407","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-201.452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}