(205 ILCS 740/18)
(was 225 ILCS 425/18)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 18. Subpoenas; oaths; attendance of witnesses. (a) The Department has the power to subpoena documents, books, records, or other materials and to bring before it any person and to take
testimony either orally or by deposition, or both, with the same fees and
mileage and in the same manner as prescribed in civil cases in the courts of
this State.
(b) The Secretary, the designated hearing officer, and every member of the Board
has power to administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the
Department is authorized to conduct and any other oaths authorized in any Act
administered by the Department.
(c) Any circuit court may, upon application of the Department or designee or of
the applicant or licensee
against whom proceedings under this Act are pending, enter an order requiring
the attendance of witnesses and their testimony, and the production of
documents, papers, files, books, and records in connection with any hearing or
investigations. The court may compel obedience to its order by proceedings for
contempt.
(Source: P.A. 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
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