Tex. Gov't Code § 301.023 · Subchapter B. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
ADMINISTERING OATHS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The following individuals may administer oaths to testifying witnesses:
(1) the president of the senate;
(2) the speaker of the house;
(3) the chairman or acting chairman of a standing or special committee; and
(4) the chairman or acting chairman of a joint committee.
(b) If circumstances require, a member of either house may administer an oath to a witness testifying on a matter pending in the member's house or in a committee of that house.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.301.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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