Texas Statutes
§ 301.025 — REFUSAL TO TESTIFY.
Texas § 301.025
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Bluebook
Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 301.025 (2026).
Text
Sec. 301.025. REFUSAL TO TESTIFY.
(a)A witness called by either house or by a legislative committee does not have a privilege to refuse to testify to a fact or produce a document on the ground that the testimony or document may tend to disgrace the person or otherwise make the person infamous.
(b)The legislature may require a person to testify or produce a document concerning a matter under inquiry before either house or a legislative committee even if the person claims that the testimony or document may incriminate him.
(c)If a person testifies or produces a document while claiming that the testimony or document may incriminate him, the person may not be indicted or prosecuted for any transaction, matter, or thing about which the person truthfully testified or produced evidence.
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Legislative History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 301.025, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/GV/301.025.