12-2837. Investigations by transit board; testimony.
12-2837
12-2837. Investigations by transit board; testimony.
The board may investigate all means of transportation and the management
thereof, the enforcement of its rules and regulations, and the action,
conduct and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the
authority. In the conduct of such investigations the board may hold public
hearings on its own motion, and shall do so on complaint or petition of any
municipality which has adopted this act or which has granted rights to the
authority by ordinance. Each member of the board shall have power to
administer oaths, and the secretary, by order of the board shall issue
subpoenas to secure the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the
production of books and papers relevant to such investigations and to any
hearing before the board or any member thereof or any officers' committee
or employees' committee appointed by the board to hear any complaint of an
officer or employee who has been discharged or demoted.
Any district court of this state or any judge thereof, either in term
time or vacation, upon application of the board, or any member thereof, may
in his or her discretion compel the attendance of witnesses, the production
of books and papers, and giving of testimony before the board or before any
member thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee appointed
by the board, by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as
the production of evidence may be compelled before said court.
History: L. 1955, ch. 118, § 37; April 13.