[§356D-46]  Investigatory powers.  (a) The authority may:

(1)  Investigate living, dwelling, and housingconditions and the means and methods of improving those conditions;

(2)  Enter upon any building or property to conductinvestigations or to make surveys or soundings;

(3)  Conduct examinations and investigations, and heartestimony and take proof under oath at public or private hearings on any mattermaterial for its information;

(4)  Issue subpoenas requiring the attendance ofwitnesses or the production of books and papers, and order the examination ofwitnesses who are unable to attend before the authority, are excused fromattendance, or by leave of courts as provided by chapter 624, are out of theState; and

(5)  Make available to any government agency chargedwith the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or likeconditions, or of demolishing unsafe or unsanitary structures within itsjurisdictional limits, its findings and recommendations with regard to anybuilding or property where conditions exist that are dangerous to the publichealth, safety, or welfare.

(b)  Investigations or examinations may beconducted by the authority, or by a committee appointed by it consisting of oneor more members of the board, or by counsel, or by an officer or employeespecially authorized by the authority to conduct it.  Any person designated bythe authority to conduct an investigation or examination may administer oaths,take affidavits, and issue subpoenas or orders for the taking of depositions.[L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]