Texas Labor Code 61.002 – Commission Duties
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(a) The commission shall:
(1) administer this chapter; and
(2) adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
(b) The commission may require reports, conduct investigations, and take other action as it considers necessary to implement this chapter.
Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 61.002
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(c) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter, any authorized representative or member of the commission may:
(1) administer an oath or affirmation;
(2) take a deposition;
(3) certify to an official act; and
(4) issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in the administration of this chapter.