37-5-108. Subpoena. (Note: this law is repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 34, § 4. effective 7/1/2020.)
(a) For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this act, the authority or any officer designated by it may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records which the authority deems relevant or material to the inquiry.
(b) In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, the Wyoming district court, upon application by the authority, may issue to the person an order requiring him to appear before the authority or the officer designated by it, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give evidence touching the matter under investigation or in question. Failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.
(c) In consideration of the authority's request pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Wyoming district court shall review the request in camera to protect the confidentiality of the information sought. The Wyoming district court may also restrict disclosure of any confidential information in any other proceeding, administrative or judicial, and may order that the information be sealed.
37-5-109. Confidential information. Note: this law is repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 34, § 4. effective 7/1/2020.
All information obtained by the authority in connection with any hearing or investigation under this act which contains or which might reveal proprietary data shall be considered as confidential for the purpose of this act. The authority shall not disclose confidential information to any person, governmental entity or agency without prior written consent from the owner of the confidential information. Any board or staff member who discloses or causes to be disclosed any confidential information is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
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