NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1170

HOUSE BILL 1570

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 248 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1977 RELATING TO THE CAREER SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 2 of 1977 Session Laws Chapter 248 is amended by adding a new paragraph as follows:

"(4)      Subpoena power. The Career Service Commission shall have power to subpoena any person for examination under oath and to subpoena documents whenever it has reasonable grounds for the belief that such person has knowledge or that such documents contain information that is pertinent to the exercise of the powers and duties specified in paragraph (3)(a), above. The subpoena shall be signed by the chairman of the Commission and shall be served by an officer qualified to serve subpoenas. Any person who shall wilfully fail or refuse to appear, produce subpoenaed documents, or testify concerning the subject of the inquiry shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined and/or imprisoned in the discretion of the court."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.