(225 ILCS 217/95) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)
Sec. 95. Witnesses; record of proceedings. (a) The State Fire Marshal has the power to subpoena and bring before
it any person in this State and to take testimony either orally or by
deposition,
or both, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as is prescribed
by law for judicial proceedings in civil cases. The State Fire Marshal and
the hearing officer approved by the State Fire Marshal have the power
to administer oaths at any hearing that the State Fire Marshal is authorized
to conduct.
(b) Any circuit court, upon the application of the licensee or the State
Fire Marshal,
may order the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant
books and papers in any hearing under this Act.
The court may compel obedience to its order by proceedings for contempt.
(c) The State Fire Marshal, at its expense, shall provide a stenographer
or a mechanical recording device to
record the testimony and preserve a record of all proceedings at the hearing
of any case wherein a license may be revoked, suspended, or placed on probationary
status or other disciplinary action taken with regard to the license. The notice
of hearing, complaint, and all other documents in the nature of pleadings
and written motions filed in the proceedings, the transcript of testimony,
the report of the hearing officer, and the orders of the State Fire Marshal
constitute the
record of such proceedings. The State Fire Marshal shall furnish a transcript
of
the record to any interested person upon payment of the costs of copying
and transmitting the record.
(Source: P.A. 96-1499, eff. 1-18-11.) |