Texas Transportation Code 201.451 – Establishment and Purpose
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 201.451
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The commission shall establish a compliance program, which must include a compliance office to oversee the program. The compliance office is responsible for:
(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;
(2) independently and objectively reviewing, investigating, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of:
(A) conduct described by Subdivision (1);
(B) criminal activity in the department;
(C) allegations of wrongdoing by department employees;
(D) crimes committed on department property; and
(E) serious breaches of department policy;
(3) overseeing the operation of the telephone hotline established under § 201.211;
(4) ensuring that members of the commission and department employees receive appropriate ethics training; and
(5) performing other duties assigned to the office by the commission.