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§ 201.451 — Texas Law | CourtGPT
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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 Section 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. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 15(a), eff. September 1, 2011.

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