217.17 Testimonial powers.
(1) The division may, in relation to any matter within the division's powers, issue subpoenas and take testimony.
(2) Witnesses shall be entitled to the same fees as are allowed to witnesses in courts of record. Such fees shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses of the division are audited and paid. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of any party other than the division shall be entitled to payment of fees by the state, unless the division certifies that the testimony of such witness was material to the hearing or proceeding.
(3) No person shall, without reasonable cause, fail to comply with a subpoena issued under this section, nor refuse to be sworn or to be examined, or to answer a proper question, or produce a pertinent document, when ordered to do so by the official conducting the investigation or proceeding.
History: 1973 c. 3 s. 10; Stats. 1973 s. 217.17; 1995 a. 27.
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