Texas Transportation Code

§ 111.055 — WITNESSES

TN § 111.055Title 5. RAILROADS · Part C. RAILROADS GENERALLY · Ch. 111. REGULATION BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION · Art. B. REGULATION OF RAILROADS BY DEPARTMENT

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(a)This section applies only to the extent that it does not conflict with Chapter 2001, Government Code.

(b)In an examination or investigation under this chapter, the department may compel the attendance of witnesses and may issue subpoenas for witnesses in accordance with rules prescribed by the department. The officer to whom process is directed shall serve it.

(c)A witness who appears before the department by order of the department at a place outside the county where the witness resides is entitled to receive for the witness's attendance:

(1)$1 for each day; and

(2)three cents for each mile the witness travels, by the nearest practical route, in going to and returning from that place.

(d)On the presentation of proper vouchers, sworn to by the witness and approved by the department, the comptroller shall pay the witness the amount to which the witness is entitled.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.