(1) There is hereby created the department of transportation, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of transportation, which office is hereby created. The executive director shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(2) The office of the executive director shall include the office of transportation safety created in section 24-42-101, C.R.S.
(3) The executive director shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S., a report accounting to the governor and the general assembly for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the department and the divisions thereof.
(4) Publications by the executive director circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136, C.R.S.