Contents of Demand

Sec. 140A.053. CONTENTS OF DEMAND. (a) A civil investigative demand issued under Section 140A.052 must: (1) describe the nature of the activities that are the subject of the investigation; (2) state each statute the activity violates; and (3) advise the person on whom the demand is served that the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in this subchapter. (b) A demand for production of documentary material must: (1) describe the class of material to be produced with reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly identified; (2) prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable period of time within which the material is to be produced; and (3) identify the individual to whom the material is to be made available for inspection and copying. (c) A demand for answers to written interrogatories must: (1) propound the interrogatories with definiteness and certainty; (2) prescribe a date by which answers to the interrogatories must be submitted; and (3) identify the individual to whom the answers should be submitted. (d) Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must: (1) prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at which the testimony will begin; and (2) identify the individual who will conduct the examination. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.