San Luis Obispo County Municipal Code Ch. 2.41 Subpoena—enforcement

(a) The civil service commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum. This power shall be exercised and enforced in the same manner as a similar power granted the Board of Supervisors in Article IX (commencing with Section 25170) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code of the state is exercised and enforced; except that such power shall extend only to matters within the commission's lawful jurisdiction, and that committees of the commission shall not have this power.

(b) Any and all fees and/or expenses connected with the subpoena of any witness shall be paid by the person or entity requesting the subpoena. The civil service commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum on its own behalf and to compensate those persons subpoenaed on behalf of the commission.

(c) Not more than ten subpoenas shall be issued to each person or entity requesting that subpoenas be issued, unless said person or entity shall have first made a showing to the civil service commission that each witness, for which a subpoena is requested, is reasonably necessary for presentation of the case of the person or entity and that the testimony of each such witness will not be merely cumulative in nature.

(d) Subpoenas shall be signed by the chairman or secretary of the commission. Any member of the commission, or any person otherwise so empowered may administer oaths to, or take affirmations from, witnesses before the commission.

(Ord. 1214 § 1, 1972)