99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2823

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
420 ILCS 44/52 new

    Amends the Radon Industry Licensing Act. Provides that the Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or his or her designee may, at the Assistant Director's instance or on the written request of another party to an administrative proceeding or investigation administered under the Act or any other law concerning radon, subpoena witnesses to attend and give testimony before the hearing officer designated to preside over the proceeding or investigation and subpoena the production of books, papers, or records that the Assistant Director or his or her designee deems relevant or material to any administrative proceeding or investigation. Provides for witness fees. Provides that the Agency shall adopt rules governing the procedure for challenging a subpoena. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Radon Industry Licensing Act is amended by
5adding Section 52 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 44/52 new)
7    Sec. 52. Subpoena power; witness fees; enforcement;
8punishment.
9    (a) The Agency, by its Assistant Director or a person
10designated by the Assistant Director, may, at the Assistant
11Director's instance or on the written request of another party
12to an administrative proceeding or investigation administered
13under this Act or any other law concerning radon, subpoena
14witnesses to attend and give testimony before the hearing
15officer designated to preside over the proceeding or
16investigation and subpoena the production of books, papers, or
17records that the Assistant Director or his or her designee
18deems relevant or material to any administrative proceeding or
19investigation.
20    (b) The fees paid to witnesses for attendance and travel
21shall be the same as the fees for witnesses before the circuit
22court of the county in which the hearing is held. Those fees
23shall be paid when the witness is excused from further

 

 

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1attendance. When a witness is subpoenaed at the instance of the
2Agency, those fees shall be paid in the same manner as other
3administrative expenses of the Agency. When a witness is
4subpoenaed at the instance of a party to a proceeding other
5than the Agency, the Agency may require that the cost of
6service of the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and the fee of
7the witness be borne by the party at whose instance the witness
8is summoned. In that case, the Agency, in its discretion, may
9require a deposit to cover the cost of the service and witness
10fees. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued under this
11Section may be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued
12out of a circuit court of the county in which the hearing is
13held or may be served by United States registered or certified
14mail, addressed to the person concerned at the person's last
15known address, and proof of that mailing shall be sufficient
16for the purposes of this Section. The Agency shall adopt rules
17governing the procedure for challenging a subpoena.
18    (c) If any person, without lawful authority, fails to
19appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or
20to produce any books, papers, records, or any other documents
21relevant or material to an administrative proceeding or
22investigation, the Agency, through the Attorney General, may
23seek enforcement of any such subpoena by any circuit court of
24this State.
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.