Transportation Code, Chapter 502, charges the department with the responsibility of registering vehicles operated on the public streets and highways of this state; maintaining vehicle registration records; and collecting and reporting statutory registration fees. For the department to perform these duties efficiently and effectively and to ensure proper application by motor vehicle registrants in accordance with statutory provisions, this subchapter prescribes the policies and procedures for the application and issuance of vehicle registration.
43 Tex. Admin. Code § 217.21