(a) The commission may subpoena witnesses, examine them under oath, and require the production of books, papers, documents, or objects to the commission office or at any place in the State whether or not the subpoena is in connection with any hearing; provided that the person or documents subpoenaed shall be relevant to a matter under study or investigation by the commission.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-401

  • Commission: means the campaign spending commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Office: means any Hawaii elective public or constitutional office, excluding county neighborhood board and federal elective offices. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Person: means an individual, a partnership, a candidate committee or noncandidate committee, a party, an association, a corporation, a business entity, an organization, or a labor union and its auxiliary committees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(b) The books, papers, documents, or objects may be retained by the commission for a reasonable period of time for examination, audit, copying, testing, and photographing.
(c) The subpoena power shall be exercised by the chairperson of the commission, or the chairperson’s designee.
(d) Upon application of the commission, obedience to the subpoena shall be enforced by the circuit court in the county in which the person subpoenaed resides or is found, in the same manner as a subpoena issued by a circuit court.

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