Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 15.10 — CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMANDS
BC § 15.10Title 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES · Ch. 15. MONOPOLIES, TRUSTS AND CONSPIRACIES IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE · Art. B. PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE
Statute text
View on source(a)Definitions. For purposes of this section:
(1)The terms "antitrust investigation" and "investigation" mean any inquiry conducted by the attorney general for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in or is actively preparing to engage in activities which may constitute an antitrust violation.
(2)The term "antitrust violation" means any act or omission in violation of any of the prohibitions contained in Section 15.05 of this Act or in violation of any of the antitrust laws set forth in Subsection (a) of Section 12 of Title 15, the United States Code.
(3)The terms "civil investigative demand" and "demand" mean any demand issued by the attorney general under Subsection (b) of this section.
(4)The terms "documentary material" and "material" include the original or any identical copy and all nonidentical copies of any contract, agreement, book, booklet, brochure, pamphlet, catalog, magazine, notice, announcement, circular, bulletin, instruction, minutes, agenda, study, analysis, report, graph, map, chart, table, schedule, note, letter, telegram, telephone or other message, product of discovery, magnetic or electronic recording, and any other written, printed, or recorded matter.
(5)The term "person" means a natural person, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, municipal corporation, association, or any other public or private group, however organized, and includes any person acting under color or authority of state law.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3019, ch. 519, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.