Sec. 4-177b. Contested cases. Presiding officer. Subpoenas and production of documents.
Sec. 4-177b. Contested cases. Presiding officer. Subpoenas and production of
documents. In a contested case, the presiding officer may administer oaths, take testimony under oath relative to the case, subpoena witnesses and require the production of
records, physical evidence, papers and documents to any hearing held in the case. If
any person disobeys the subpoena or, having appeared, refuses to answer any question
put to him or to produce any records, physical evidence, papers and documents requested
by the presiding officer, the agency may apply to the superior court for the judicial
district of Hartford or for the judicial district in which the person resides, or to any judge
of that court if it is not in session, setting forth the disobedience to the subpoena or
refusal to answer or produce, and the court or judge shall cite the person to appear
before the court or judge to show cause why the records, physical evidence, papers and
documents should not be produced or why a question put to him should not be answered.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the agency or any
party as otherwise allowed by law.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-317, S. 15, 107; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6.)
History: P.A. 88-230 required substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 88-317 effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing
on or after that date; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993;
P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14,
1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective
July 1, 1995.
Cited. 239 C. 32.
Cited. 37 CA 653; judgment reversed, see 238 C. 361.