{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-723.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 723.011","heading":"GOVERNOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROGRAM.","body":"(a) The governor shall:\n(1) prepare and administer a statewide traffic safety program designed to reduce traffic collisions and the death, injury, and property damage that result from traffic collisions;\n(2) adopt rules for the administration of this chapter, including rules, procedures, and policy statements governing grants-in-aid and contractual relations;\n(3) receive on the state's behalf for the implementation of this chapter money made available by the United States under federal law; and\n(4) allocate money appropriated by the legislature in the General Appropriations Act to implement this chapter.\n(b) In preparing and administering the traffic safety program, the governor may:\n(1) cooperate with the United States or a legal or political subdivision of the state in research designed to aid in traffic safety;\n(2) accept federal money available for research relating to traffic safety; and\n(3) employ personnel necessary to administer this chapter.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 102, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE J. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 723. TEXAS TRAFFIC SAFETY ACT","SUBCHAPTER B. PREPARATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.723.htm#723.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"0dcb4a1865ee5e7f2db42bea6f21c9d19dd6abdc555d7f7178d756bc586d6f9b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-723.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-723.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}