{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 301.023","heading":"ADMINISTERING OATHS.","body":"(a) The following individuals may administer oaths to testifying witnesses:\n(1) the president of the senate;\n(2) the speaker of the house;\n(3) the chairman or acting chairman of a standing or special committee; and\n(4) the chairman or acting chairman of a joint committee.\n(b) If circumstances require, a member of either house may administer an oath to a witness testifying on a matter pending in the member's house or in a committee of that house.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 301. LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION","SUBCHAPTER B. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.301.htm#301.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e028934efd61bb5fd015cc6c36f9c70a37486e6e506ed05db140a10d8fdfa652","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.0221","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-301.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}