Tex. Gov't Code § 2001.081 : GOVERNMENT CODE — GENERAL GOVERNMENT — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE — ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE — CONTESTED CASES: EVIDENCE, WITNESSES, AND DISCOVERY — Rules of Evidence TEXT PDF The rules of evidence as applied in a nonjury civil case in a district court of this state shall apply to a contested case except that evidence inadmissible under those rules may be admitted if the evidence is: (1) necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under those rules; (2) not precluded by statute; and (3) of a type on which a reasonably prudent person commonly relies in the conduct of the person's affairs. Tex. Gov't. Code § 2001.081 Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.