Tex. Occupations Code § 801.158
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 801.158, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 801.158. SUBPOENA.
Official statutory text
(a) The board or executive director may request and, if necessary, compel by subpoena:
(1) the attendance of witnesses for examination under oath; and
(2) the production for inspection or copying of books, accounts, records, papers, correspondence, documents, and other evidence relevant to an investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter.
(b) The board, acting through the attorney general, may bring an action to enforce a subpoena issued under Subsection (a) against a person, including a corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity, who fails to comply with the subpoena.
(c) Venue for an action brought under Subsection (b) is in a district court in:
(1) Travis County; or
(2) any county in which the board may hold a hearing.
(d) The court shall order compliance with the subpoena if the court finds that good cause exists to issue the subpoena.
(1) the attendance of witnesses for examination under oath; and
(2) the production for inspection or copying of books, accounts, records, papers, correspondence, documents, and other evidence relevant to an investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter.
(b) The board, acting through the attorney general, may bring an action to enforce a subpoena issued under Subsection (a) against a person, including a corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity, who fails to comply with the subpoena.
(c) Venue for an action brought under Subsection (b) is in a district court in:
(1) Travis County; or
(2) any county in which the board may hold a hearing.
(d) The court shall order compliance with the subpoena if the court finds that good cause exists to issue the subpoena.
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