Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.053 · Subchapter B. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY
CONTENTS OF DEMAND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A civil investigative demand issued under Section 140B.052 must:
(1) describe the nature of the activities that are the subject of the investigation;
(2) state each statute the activity violates; and
(3) advise the person on whom the demand is served that the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in this subchapter.
(b) A demand for production of documentary material must:
(1) describe the class of material to be produced with reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly identified;
(2) prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable period of time within which the material is to be produced; and
(3) identify the individual to whom the material is to be made available for inspection and copying.
(c) A demand for answers to written interrogatories must:
(1) propound the interrogatories with definiteness and certainty;
(2) prescribe a date by which answers to the interrogatories must be submitted; and
(3) identify the individual to whom the answers should be submitted.
(d) Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must:
(1) prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at which the testimony will begin; and
(2) identify the individual who will conduct the examination.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140B.htm
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