45.142 Enforcement of laws -- Investigation procedure.
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and those sections of KRS <br>Chapters 41, 45, and 48 relating to the state budget and financial administration, the <br>secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the <br>Legislative Research Commission, for their respective branches of government, or any <br>officer or employee designated by them, shall have free access during business hours to <br>all books, reports, papers, and accounts in the office or under the care or control of any <br>budget unit of their respective branches of government, and may administer oaths, certify <br>to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production <br>of testimony touching any subject properly under investigation by them, and may compel <br>the production of books, papers, and accounts. If any person fails to comply with the <br>order of, or to obey a subpoena issued by them or their designated agents, or refuses to <br>testify as a witness to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the <br>judge having jurisdiction of the person to whom the order or subpoena was issued may, <br>on their application compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of <br>disobedience of a subpoena or order issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein, <br>and may adjudge such person guilty of contempt of court and punish him as provided by <br>law in other contempt cases.
Effective: July 1, 1983 <br>History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 46. effective July 1, 1983.
45.142 Enforcement of laws -- Investigation procedure.
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and those sections of KRS <br>Chapters 41, 45, and 48 relating to the state budget and financial administration, the <br>secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the <br>Legislative Research Commission, for their respective branches of government, or any <br>officer or employee designated by them, shall have free access during business hours to <br>all books, reports, papers, and accounts in the office or under the care or control of any <br>budget unit of their respective branches of government, and may administer oaths, certify <br>to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production <br>of testimony touching any subject properly under investigation by them, and may compel <br>the production of books, papers, and accounts. If any person fails to comply with the <br>order of, or to obey a subpoena issued by them or their designated agents, or refuses to <br>testify as a witness to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the <br>judge having jurisdiction of the person to whom the order or subpoena was issued may, <br>on their application compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of <br>disobedience of a subpoena or order issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein, <br>and may adjudge such person guilty of contempt of court and punish him as provided by <br>law in other contempt cases.
Effective: July 1, 1983 <br>History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 46. effective July 1, 1983.
45.142 Enforcement of laws -- Investigation procedure.
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and those sections of KRS <br>Chapters 41, 45, and 48 relating to the state budget and financial administration, the <br>secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Chief Justice, and the <br>Legislative Research Commission, for their respective branches of government, or any <br>officer or employee designated by them, shall have free access during business hours to <br>all books, reports, papers, and accounts in the office or under the care or control of any <br>budget unit of their respective branches of government, and may administer oaths, certify <br>to official acts, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production <br>of testimony touching any subject properly under investigation by them, and may compel <br>the production of books, papers, and accounts. If any person fails to comply with the <br>order of, or to obey a subpoena issued by them or their designated agents, or refuses to <br>testify as a witness to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the <br>judge having jurisdiction of the person to whom the order or subpoena was issued may, <br>on their application compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of <br>disobedience of a subpoena or order issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein, <br>and may adjudge such person guilty of contempt of court and punish him as provided by <br>law in other contempt cases.
Effective: July 1, 1983 <br>History: Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 450, sec. 46. effective July 1, 1983.
