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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 7STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
CHAPTER 155RULES OF PROCEDURE
SUBCHAPTER FDISCOVERY
RULE §155.253Depositions

(a) The APA governs the taking and use of depositions unless otherwise provided by law.

(b) Except with permission of the judge upon a showing of good cause or upon agreement by all parties, the following apply:

  (1) All parties must receive at least seven days' notice of a deposition. The parties should make reasonable efforts to confer on the date, time, and location of the deposition.

  (2) No party or side may examine or cross-examine an individual witness for more than six hours.

  (3) Brief breaks taken during the deposition do not count in the calculation of the period for a deposition.


Source Note: The provisions of this §155.253 adopted to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 8593

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