(35 ILCS 635/27.20)
Sec. 27.20.
Subpoenas; witness fees; depositions.
The
Department or any officer or employee of the Department
designated, in writing, by the Director thereof, shall at its or
his or her own instance, or on the written request of any party
to the proceeding, issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of
and the giving of testimony by witnesses, and subpoenas duces
tecum requiring the production of books, papers, records, or
memoranda. All subpoenas issued under this Act may be served by
any person of full age. The fees of witnesses for attendance and
travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the
circuit court of this State; such fees to be paid when the
witness is excused from further attendance. When the witness is
subpoenaed at the instance of the Department or any officer or
employee thereof, such fees shall be paid in the same manner as
other expenses of the Department, and when the witness is
subpoenaed at the instance of any telecommunications retailer to any such
proceeding
the Department may require that the cost of service of the
subpoena and the fee of the witness be borne by the telecommunications retailer
at
whose instance the witness is summoned. In such case, the
Department, in its discretion, may require a deposit to cover the
cost of such service and witness fees. A subpoena issued as
aforesaid shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued
out of a court.
Any circuit court of this State, upon the application of the
Department or any officer or employee thereof may, in its
discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of
books, papers, records, or memoranda and the giving of testimony
before the Department or any officer or employee thereof
conducting an investigation or holding a hearing authorized by
this Act, by an attachment for contempt, or otherwise, in the
same manner as production of evidence may be compelled before the
court.
The Department or any officer or employee thereof, or any
party in an investigation or hearing before the Department, may
cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the
State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like
depositions in civil actions in courts of this State, and, to
that end, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of books, papers, records, or memoranda.
(Source: P.A. 90-562, eff. 12-16-97.)
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