(65 ILCS 5/10-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-4)
Sec. 10-4-4.
In municipalities of more than 500,000, the corporate
authorities may investigate the enforcement of the municipal ordinances,
rules and regulations, and the action, conduct and efficiency of all
officers, agents and employees of the municipality. In the conduct of
such investigations the corporate authorities may hold public hearings.
Each member of the corporate authorities shall have power to administer
oaths, and the clerk of the municipality, by order of the corporate
authorities, 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 corporate
authorities or any member thereof.
Any circuit court of this state upon application of the
corporate authorities, or any member thereof, may in its
discretion compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books
and papers, and the giving of testimony before the corporate authorities
or any member thereof, by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the
same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before the
court.
(Source: P.A. 81-282.)
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