{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-4007.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 4007.055","heading":"ENFORCEMENT OF SUBPOENA; CONTEMPT.","body":"(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.\n(b) The district court may punish as contempt the failure to obey an order under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2022.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. SECURITIES ACT","CHAPTER 4007. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B. INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.4007.htm#4007.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e94a4687038ee97933c1ff0f85f91d6e351d91e883c7abc00206e977ea614844","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-4007.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-4007.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}