Sec. 33.021. GENERAL POWERS OF COMMISSION. The commission may:
(1) design and use a seal;
(2) employ persons that it considers necessary to carry out the duties and powers of the commission;
(3) employ special counsel as it considers necessary;
(4) arrange for attendance of witnesses;
(5) arrange for and compensate expert witnesses and reporters; and
(6) pay from its available funds the reasonably necessary expenses of carrying out its duties under the constitution, including providing compensation to special masters.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 462, Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.