§ 140B.051 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 140B.051

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code CP: Civil Practice and Remedies Code

Text

Sec. 140B.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Civil investigative demand" means any demand issued by the attorney general or a local prosecutor under this subchapter.
(2) "Documentary material" means the original or a copy of any paper, contract, agreement, book, booklet, brochure, pamphlet, catalog, magazine, notice, announcement, circular, bulletin, instruction, minutes, agenda, study, analysis, report, graph, map, chart, table, schedule, note, letter, telegram, telephone recordings, or data compilations stored in or accessible through computer or other information retrieval systems, together with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or interpret the data compilations, and any product of discovery.
(3) "Product of discovery" means:
(A) the original or a copy of a deposition, interrogatory, document, thing, result of inspection of land or other property, examination, or admission that is obtained by any method of discovery in a judicial or administrative proceeding of an adversarial nature;
(B) a digest, analysis, selection, compilation, or derivation of any item listed in Paragraph (A); and
(C) an index, instruction, or other aid or means of access to any item listed in Paragraph (A).
(4) "Racketeering investigation" means any inquiry conducted by the attorney general or a local prosecutor for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in or is actively preparing to engage in activities that may constitute a racketeering violation.
(5) "Racketeering violation" means conduct constituting an offense under Section 72.02 , 72.03 , or 72.04 , Penal Code.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.