Bakersfield Municipal Code Ch. 1.24 Subpoenas

Sections:

I. Hearings Before Council

1.24.010 Form. 1.24.020 Service. 1.24.030 Penalty for failure to appear.

II. Municipal Commission or Trial Board Hearings

1.24.040 Form. 1.24.050 Service. 1.24.060 Penalty for failure to appear.

I. Hearings Before Council

In all proceedings before the council in which matters are to be heard and determined from evidence, witnesses may be subpoenaed to appear before the council in the Council Chamber in the City Hall at a given time to give testimony with relation to matters to be heard by said Council, and the city clerk is authorized to issue a subpoena or subpoenas at the request of any person in interest, requiring the attendance of any witness or witnesses before the said council.

Said subpoena shall be substantially in the following form:

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, IN THE MATTER OF

Subpoena

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THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD SEND GREETINGS TO __________ WE COMMAND YOU that all and singular, business and excuses being laid aside, you appear and attend before the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at the Council Chamber in the City Hall in said City, on the ____ day of __________, 19 , at ____ o’clock ____ M., then and there to testify in the above entitled matter pending before said Council, and disobedience will be punished in accordance with the law and ordinances.

AND YOU ARE REQUIRED, also, to bring with you the following:

Witness, the Council of the City of Bakersfield and the seal of said city, this __ day of __, 19.

Attest my hand and seal of the said city, the day and year last above written.

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City Clerk and ex-officio clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield.

(Prior code § 1.08.010)

The subpoena set forth in Section 1.24.010 may be served by any person over the age of eighteen years, by showing the original and delivering a copy to the person served. (Prior code § 1.08.020)

Any person subpoenaed as provided in Section 1.24.020, that fails to appear to testify before the council at the time and place designated in said subpoena, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Prior code § 1.08.030)

II. Municipal Commission or Trial Board Hearings

In all proceedings before any municipal commission or trial board in which matters are to be heard and determined from evidence, witnesses may be subpoenaed to appear before said commission or board, at a given time and place, to give testimony in relation to matters to be heard by said commission or board and the city clerk is authorized to issue a subpoena or subpoenas at the request of any person in interest, requiring the attendance of any witness or witnesses before said commission or board.

Said subpoena shall be substantially in the following form:

BEFORE THE ____________

FOR THE____________

DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHARGES AGAINST

SUBPOENA

THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD SEND GREETINGS TO:

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WE COMMAND YOU, that all and singular, business and excuses being laid aside, you appear and attend before the _____________________at ______________ on the _____ day of ______________, 19 at ____ o’clock _____ M., then and there to testify in the above entitled matter pending before said ________________ and disobedience and failure to appear will be punished in accordance with law and ordinances.

AND YOU ARE REQUIRED, also, to bring with you the following:

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL this _______ day of ______, 19

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CITY CLERK AND Ex-Officio

Clerk of the Council of

the City of Bakersfield.

(Prior code § 1.08.040)

The subpoena set forth in Section 1.24.040 may be served by any person over the age of eighteen years, by showing the original and delivering a copy to the person served. (Prior code § 1.08.050)

Any person failing to obey the command of a subpoena served upon him as provided in Section 1.24.050, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ten days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Prior code § 1.08.060)