1. (a) For an investigation conducted under this chapter, the commission may issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of a pertinent record or document. The hearings officer may administer oaths and require testimony or evidence to be given under oath.
2. (b) A witness is not privileged to refuse to testify to a fact or to produce a record or document with respect to which the witness is properly examined by the hearings officer.
3. (c) A person required to testify or to produce a record or document on any matter properly under inquiry by the commission who refuses to testify or to produce the record or document on the ground that the testimony or the production of the record or document would incriminate or tend to incriminate the person is nonetheless required to testify or to produce the record or document. A person who is required to testify or to produce a record or document under this subsection is not subject to indictment or prosecution for a transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person truthfully testifies or produces evidence.
4. (d) If a witness refuses to obey a subpoena or to give evidence relevant to proper inquiry by the commission, the commission may petition a district court of the county in which the hearing is held to compel the witness to obey the subpoena or to give the evidence. The court shall immediately issue process to the witness and shall hold a hearing on the petition as soon as possible.
5. (e) An investigator employed by the commission may take statements under oath in an investigation of a matter covered by this chapter.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.666, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.