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House Bill 3788 |
House Author: Marquez |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Davis |
House Bill 3788 amends the Local Government Code to require the chairman of a county civil service commission or the chairman of a sheriff's department civil service commission in certain counties, as applicable, in a proceeding before a commission and on request of an affected employee, county attorney, or a designee of the employee or county attorney, to administer oaths and issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of documentary material. Among other provisions, the bill authorizes the affected employee, the county attorney, or a designee of the employee or county attorney, before the 15th day before the date a commission proceeding will be held, to request the chairman of the commission to subpoena any books, records, documents, papers, accounts, or witnesses that the requestor considers relevant to the case. A person's failure to appear as required by the subpoena is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000, confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both the fine and confinement.