Sec. 301.073. SELF-INCRIMINATION. (a) In any cause or proceeding before the commission, a person is not excused from attending and testifying, from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records, or from obeying a subpoena of the commission, a member of the commission, or a representative of the commission on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture.
(b) A person may not be prosecuted or subjected to penalty or forfeiture for or because of a transaction or thing for which the person is compelled to testify or produce evidence after having claimed a privilege against self-incrimination except for perjury.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Renumbered from Labor Code Sec. 202.073 by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.02(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Employment Services and Unemployment
Subtitle B - Texas Workforce Commission; Workforce Development; Employment Services
Chapter 301 - Texas Workforce Commission
Subchapter E. Investigative and Subpoena Powers
Section 301.071. Investigative and Subpoena Powers
Section 301.072. Enforcement of Subpoena; Offense; Penalties