(a) The board may request or compel by subpoena:
- (1) the attendance of a witness for examination under oath; and
- (2) the production for inspection or copying of evidence relevant to an investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter.
- (b) If a person fails to comply with the subpoena, the board, acting through the attorney general, may file suit to enforce the subpoena in a district court in Travis County or in the county in which a hearing conducted by the board may be held.
- (c) If the court determines that good cause exists for issuing the subpoena, the court shall order the person to comply with the subpoena. The court may punish for contempt a person who fails to obey the court order.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.