204 - Subpoenaing hearing referees.

§ 204. Subpoenaing  hearing  referees.  No  officer or employee of the  department of motor vehicles who has conducted a hearing  concerning  an  owner  or operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle shall be required to  appear in any court as a witness in a civil action in which  such  owner  or  operator  is a party except pursuant to a subpoena signed by a judge  of a court of record, or a judge of the court in  which  the  action  is  pending,  issued  upon an application to such judge after, at least, one  day's notice to the commissioner  or  a  deputy  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles.