Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 59.061 — Audits and investigations
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 59: FORFEITURE OF CONTRABAND, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 59.061
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) The state auditor may at any time perform an audit or conduct an investigation, in accordance with this article and Chapter 321 , Government Code, related to the seizure, forfeiture, receipt, and specific expenditure of proceeds and property received under this chapter. (b) The state auditor is entitled at any time to access any book, account, voucher, confidential or nonconfidential report, or other record of information, including electronic data, maintained under Article 59.06 , except that if the release of the applicable information is restricted under state or federal law, the state auditor may access the information only with the approval of a court or federal administrative agency, as appropriate. (c) If the results of an audit or investigation under this article indicate that a law enforcement agency or attorney representing the state has knowingly violated or is knowingly violating a provision of this chapter relating to the disposition of proceeds or property received under this chapter, the state auditor shall promptly notify the attorney general for the purpose of initiating appropriate enforcement proceedings under Article 59.062 . (d) The law enforcement agency or attorney representing the state shall reimburse the state auditor for costs incurred by the state auditor in performing an audit under this article.
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