The Commissioner of Revenue Services or any agent of said commissioner authorized to conduct any inquiry, investigation or hearing related to the tax imposed under § 12-587 may administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to such matter of inquiry or investigation. At any such hearing ordered by said commissioner, the commissioner or such agent authorized to conduct such hearing may subpoena witnesses and require the production of books, papers and documents pertinent to such inquiry. No witness under subpoena as aforesaid shall be excused from testifying or from producing books or papers on the ground that such testimony or the production of such books or other documentary evidence would tend to incriminate such witness, provided such evidence or books or papers so produced shall not be used in any criminal proceeding against such witness. If any person disobeys such process or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any pertinent question by said commissioner or such authorized agent, or to produce any books and papers pursuant thereto, said commissioner or such agent may apply to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such person resides or wherein the business under investigation has been conducted, or to any judge of said court if the same is not in session, setting forth such disobedience to process or refusal to answer, and said court or such judge shall cite such person to appear before said court or such judge to answer such question or to produce such books and papers and upon his refusal so to do shall commit such person to a community correctional center until he testifies, but not for a period longer than sixty days. Notwithstanding the serving of the term of such commitment by any person, said commissioner may proceed in all respects with such inquiry and examination as if the witness had not previously been called upon to testify. Officers who serve subpoenas issued by said commissioner or under said commissioner’s authority and witnesses attending hearings conducted by said commissioner in accordance with this section shall receive fees and compensation at the same rates as officers and witnesses in the courts of this state, to be paid on vouchers of said commissioner on order of the Comptroller from the proper appropriation for the administration of this section.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-592

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • person: means any individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, public or private corporation, society, association, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary or custodian. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.