Tex. Agric. Code § 167.109 · Subchapter E. ENFORCEMENT
ADMISSIBILITY OF COMMISSION INSTRUMENTS; IDENTIFICATION IN COMPLAINT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A copy of a written instrument issued by the commission is admissible as evidence in any court of this state if the copy is certified by the presiding officer of the commission.
(b) In a prosecution for a violation of this chapter, the state is not required to include in the complaint, information, or indictment a verbatim copy of a written instrument or proclamation, but may allege the issuance and identify it by date of issuance.
(c) In the trial of a civil or criminal case under this chapter, in which a certified copy of a commission written instrument or a proclamation is to be introduced in evidence, the instrument or proclamation is not required to be filed with the papers of the cause and the party introducing it is not required to give notice of it to the other party.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1450, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.htm
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