1. (a) Board.

   1. (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles is governed by the Texas Motor Vehicle Board, consisting of nine board members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
   2. (2) The governor designates one board member as the chair of the board.
   3. (3) The board shall elect one of its members vice chair of the board.

2. (b) Board responsibilities.

   1. (1) The Texas Motor Vehicle Board, with the advice and recommendations of the executive director, will:

      1. (A) develop and implement policies that define the respective responsibilities of the executive director and department staff;
      2. (B) provide for the regulation of the distribution and sale of motor vehicles and for the protection of consumers who purchase motor vehicles;
      3. (C) provide for the registration and regulation of salvage vehicle dealers;
      4. (D) provide for the registration and titling of vehicles operating on the public roads;
      5. (E) provide for the regulation and registration of motor carriers;
      6. (F) provide a bonding process for motor transportation brokers;
      7. (G) adopt rules for the operation of the department;
      8. (H) establish policy necessary to carry out the duties and functions of the department and the board;
      9. (I) organize the department into divisions to accomplish the department's functions and duties assigned to it;
      10. (J) approve recommendations for changes to the department's organizational structure submitted by the chair of the board under subsection (d)(1)(F) of this section;
      11. (K) consider ways in which the department's operations may be improved and periodically report to the legislature concerning potential statutory changes that would improve the operation of the department; and
      12. (L) perform other duties required by law.
   2. (2) The board may, consistent with applicable law, delegate one or more of the functions listed under paragraph (1)(B) - (L) of this subsection to the executive director. The executive director may further delegate such functions to one or more employees of the department.
3. (c) Attendance at meetings. Each board member shall attend at least half of the regularly scheduled meetings that the board member is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the board.

4. (d) Chair of the board.

   1. (1) The chair of the board, with the advice and recommendations of the executive director and the executive director's staff, shall:

      1. (A) preside over board meetings, make rulings on motions and points of order, and determine the order of business;
      2. (B) represent the department as liaison with the governor;
      3. (C) report quarterly to the governor on the state of affairs at the department;
      4. (D) report suggestions to the board made by the governor concerning departmental operations;
      5. (E) report to the governor on efforts to maximize the efficiency of departmental operations through the use of private enterprise;
      6. (F) periodically review the department's organizational structure and submit recommendations for structural changes to the governor, the board, and the Legislative Budget Board;
      7. (G) designate one or more employees of the department as a civil rights section of the department and receive regular reports from the section on the department's efforts to comply with civil rights legislation and administrative rules;
      8. (H) create subcommittees, appoint board members to subcommittees, and receive the reports of subcommittees to the board as a whole;
      9. (I) appoint a board member to act in the chair's absence;
      10. (J) serve as the departmental liaison with the governor and the Office of State-Federal Relations to maximize federal funding;
      11. (K) on behalf of the board, report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officer of relevant legislative committees on legislative recommendations adopted by the board and relating to the operation of the department;
      12. (L) oversee the preparation of an agenda for each board meeting and ensure that a copy is provided to each board member at least seven days before a regular meeting; and
      13. (M) perform any other duties assigned by law.
   2. (2) The chair may, consistent with applicable law, delegate one or more of the functions listed under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the executive director, who in turn may further delegate such functions to one or more employees of the department.

Source Note:The provisions of this §206.1 adopted to be effective February 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 654.