Sec. 2001.100.  RETURN OF DEPOSITION TO STATE AGENCY.  (a)  A deposition may be returned to the state agency before which the contested case is pending by mail or by a party interested in taking the deposition or another person.
(b)  For a deposition returned by mail, the state agency shall:
(1)  endorse on the deposition the fact that it was received from the post office;  and
(2)  have it signed by the agency employee receiving the deposition.
(c)  For a deposition returned by means other than mail, the person delivering it to the state agency shall execute an affidavit before the agency stating that:
(1)  the person received it from the hands of the officer before whom it was taken;
(2)  it has not been out of the person's possession since the person received it;  and
(3)  it has not been altered.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.