Tex. Lab. Code § 61.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EFFECT OF REFUSAL TO OBEY COMMISSION SUBPOENA; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In the case of contumacy or other refusal by a person to obey a subpoena issued by the commission or an authorized representative of the commission to that person, any county or district court of this state in the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or in the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found, resides, or transacts business has jurisdiction, on application by the commission or its representative, to issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear before the commission or its authorized representative to:
(1) produce evidence if so ordered; or
(2) testify regarding the matter under investigation or in question.
(b) The court may punish as contempt a failure to obey a court order issued under Subsection (a).
(c) A person commits an offense if the person, without just cause, fails or refuses to obey a commission subpoena to:
(1) attend and testify;
(2) answer any lawful inquiry; or
(3) produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records.
(d) An offense under Subsection (c) is punishable by a fine of not less than $200, by confinement for not more than 60 days, or by both fine and confinement. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.13(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 817, Sec. 10.11, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.61.htm
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