Sec. 2001.091. DISCOVERY FROM PARTIES: ORDERS FOR PRODUCTION OR INSPECTION. (a) On the motion of a party, on notice to each other party, and subject to limitations of the kind provided for discovery under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, a state agency in which a contested case is pending may order a party:
(1) to produce and to permit the party making the motion or a person on behalf of that party to inspect and to copy or photograph a designated document, paper, book, account, letter, photograph, or tangible thing in the party's possession, custody, or control that:
(A) is not privileged; and
(B) constitutes or contains, or is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of, evidence that is material to a matter involved in the contested case; and
(2) to permit entry to designated land or other property in the party's possession or control to inspect, measure, survey, or photograph the property or a designated object or operation on the property that may be material to a matter involved in the contested case.
(b) An order under this section:
(1) must specify the time, place, and manner of making the inspection, measurement, or survey or of making copies or photographs; and
(2) may prescribe other terms and conditions that are just.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Administrative Procedure and Practice
Chapter 2001 - Administrative Procedure
Subchapter D. Contested Cases: Evidence, Witnesses, and Discovery
Section 2001.081. Rules of Evidence
Section 2001.082. Exclusion of Evidence
Section 2001.084. Objections to Evidence
Section 2001.085. Written Evidence
Section 2001.086. Documentary Evidence
Section 2001.087. Cross-Examination
Section 2001.089. Issuance of Subpoena
Section 2001.090. Official Notice; State Agency Evaluation of Evidence
Section 2001.091. Discovery From Parties: Orders for Production or Inspection
Section 2001.092. Discovery From Parties: Identity of Witness or Potential Party; Expert Reports
Section 2001.093. Discovery From Parties: Copy of Previous Statement
Section 2001.094. Issuance of Commission Requiring Deposition
Section 2001.095. Deposition of State Agency Board Member
Section 2001.096. Place of Deposition
Section 2001.097. Objections to Deposition Testimony
Section 2001.098. Preparation of Deposition
Section 2001.099. Submission of Deposition to Witness; Signature
Section 2001.100. Return of Deposition to State Agency
Section 2001.101. Opening of Deposition by State Agency Employee