(35 ILCS 630/14) (from Ch. 120, par. 2014)
Sec. 14.
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 Article 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 retailer or taxpayer 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 retailer or taxpayer 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 Article, 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. 84-126.)
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