Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 433.089. Immunity
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§ 433.089. IMMUNITY. (a) A person is not excused from
attending and testifying or producing documentary evidence before
the commissioner or in obedience to the commissioner's subpoena,
whether signed by the commissioner or the commissioner's delegate,
or in a cause or proceeding based on or growing out of an alleged
violation of this chapter, on the ground that the required
testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate the person or subject
the person to penalty or forfeiture.
(b) A person may not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty
or forfeiture for or because of a transaction or matter concerning
which the person is compelled to testify or produce evidence after
having claimed a privilege against self-incrimination.
(c) The person testifying under this section is not exempt
from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in that
testimony.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Section: 433.082 433.083 433.084 433.085 433.086 433.087 433.088 433.089 433.090 433.091 433.092 433.093 433.094 433.095 433.096
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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