218E.185 - Administration of oaths; deposition of witnesses; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas; fees and mileage for witnesses.
218E.185 Administration of oaths; deposition of witnesses; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas; fees and mileage for witnesses.
1. In the discharge of any duty imposed or power conferred by chapters 218A to 218H, inclusive, of NRS, the Legislative Commission has the authority to:
(a) Administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, department records, documents and testimony. The Legislative Commission may issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses before, or the production of any papers, books, accounts, department records, documents and testimony to, a subcommittee or interim or special committee established pursuant to NRS 218E.200.
(b) Cause the deposition of witnesses, either residing within or without the State, to be taken in the manner prescribed by rule of court for taking depositions in civil actions in the district courts.
2. The Legislative Commission may delegate its authority pursuant to subsection 1 to a subcommittee or interim or special committee established pursuant to NRS 218E.200.
3. In case of disobedience on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena issued in behalf of the Legislative Commission or a subcommittee or interim or special committee, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matters regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, the district court of any county, or the judge thereof, shall, on application of the Chair of the Legislative Commission or the subcommittee or interim or special committee that issued the subpoena, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.
4. Each witness who appears before the Legislative Commission or a subcommittee or interim or special committee by its order, other than a state officer or employee, shall receive for such attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record, which must be audited and paid upon the presentation of proper claims sworn to by the witness and approved by the Secretary and Chair of the Legislative Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1462; A 1993, 2251)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.6821)