POWERS OF HOUSE DURING IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 665.005.
in effectWhen conducting an impeachment proceeding, the house or a house committee may:
(1) send for persons or papers;
(2) compel the giving of testimony; and
(3) punish for contempt to the same extent as a district court of this state.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
