Tex. Occupations Code § 51.201
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 51.201, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 51.201. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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