The director of the department or the director’s designee, the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the inspector general’s designee, or the sheriff or chief of a designated law enforcement agency or the sheriff’s or chief’s designee may issue an administrative subpoena to a communication common carrier or a provider of an electronic communications service to compel the production of any carrier’s or service provider’s business records that:
(1) disclose information about:
(A) the carrier’s or service provider’s customers; or
(B) users of the services offered by the carrier or service provider; and
(2) are material to a criminal investigation.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2019.