Tex. Gov't Code § 665.005 · Subchapter A. IMPEACHMENT BY HOUSE
POWERS OF HOUSE DURING IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When conducting an impeachment proceeding, the house or a house committee may:
(1) send for persons or papers;
(2) compel the giving of testimony; and
(3) punish for contempt to the same extent as a district court of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.665.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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