(a) The secretary shall, with the approval of the governor and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a commissioner of motor vehicles who shall administer the department of motor vehicles and shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The term of a commissioner shall be concurrent with that of the secretary.

(b) The commissioner shall, notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, have all the duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of motor vehicles in Title 23 with regard to the suspension and revocation of licenses and all other quasi-judicial duties assigned in that title. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)