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Tex. Gov't Code § 4007.055

ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA; CONTEMPT

Known as the The Securities Act

The act spans §§ 4001.001 to 4008.105 (251 sections).

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 1.01, eff

(a) If a person disobeys a subpoena or if a witness appearing before the commissioner refuses to give evidence, the commissioner may petition the district court of a jurisdiction in which the person or witness may be found, and the court on this petition may issue an order requiring the person or witness to, as applicable, obey the subpoena, testify, or produce a book, an account, a record, a paper, and correspondence relating to the matter in question.

(b) The district court may punish as contempt the failure to obey an order under Subsection (a).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.