| (a) The executive secretary serves at the pleasure of the commission
on a full-time basis and may not hold other employment. The executive secretary
shall administer the programs of the agency and has all powers necessary for
such administration, as well as any specific duties assigned or functions
delegated by the commission.
(b) The executive secretary shall maintain the records of the
commission and ensure the agency's compliance with the open records and records
retention laws.
(c) The executive secretary shall establish the organizational
structure of the agency's employees, including the establishment of various
divisions within the agency. The executive secretary shall prescribe the duties
and compensation for all other commission employees, subject to the commission's
approval of the budget. The executive secretary shall adopt personnel policies
and other internal operating policies and procedures. The executive secretary
shall develop the departmental budgets to allocate expenditures within the
agency based on the approved agency operating budget.
(d) The executive secretary shall prepare and file all agency
reports required by law that are retrospective in nature, such as the annual
financial report and periodic reports on performance measures.
(e) The executive secretary shall enforce the Act, the rules,
and the orders of the commission, including determining the method of enforcement,
the amount of penalties, the issuance of preliminary reports for administrative
penalties, and the development of enforcement guidelines for use by the stewards
and racing judges.
(f) The executive secretary shall issue occupational licenses
and training facility licenses in accordance with the criteria established
in the Act and the rules. The executive secretary shall review all applications
for racetrack licenses and licenses to conduct race meetings and make a report
to the commission regarding the issuance of such licenses.
(g) Except as otherwise provided by a rule of the commission,
if the commission places a duty on the executive secretary, by rule or otherwise,
the executive secretary may delegate that duty to another employee of the
commission.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §303.8 adopted to be effective November 15, 1988, 13 TexReg 5557; amended to be effective January 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 12045; amended to be effective January 1, 1999, 23 TexReg 12911 |
