A. A member of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission and the Executive Director shall have power to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of books and papers pertinent to any investigation, dispute resolution or hearing authorized by this act. Members of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, the Executive Director, and their designees shall have the power to administer oaths. Any person who fails to appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or produce any books or papers pertinent to any such investigation, dispute resolution or hearing or who shall knowingly give false testimony therein upon conviction shall be subject to penalties pursuant to Section 40 of this act.
B. Any state employee subpoenaed by the Executive Director or Commission to appear shall be reimbursed by the employing agency for expenses as provided in the State Travel Reimbursement Act and shall be paid his or her regular salary for each day that the employee is subpoenaed to appear. Said reimbursement and payment shall be in lieu of any witness fees to which the employee might otherwise be entitled by law and a request by a state employee for such fees shall not remove the obligation which the state employee has to honor the subpoena.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 39, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 158, § 22, operative July 1, 1986; Laws 1994, c. 242, § 37. Renumbered from § 841.18 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54.
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