HRS §125-6
Governor's power to investigate and gather information
The governor or their authorized representative can investigate and survey to get facts needed to enforce this chapter. They can require people to provide documents and records, and can question witnesses under oath. Witnesses get paid like in court cases, and courts can enforce subpoenas.
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The statute, as written — Investigations, surveys
The governor and the governor's authorized representative may make investigations and surveys for the purpose of ascertaining facts to be used in administering this chapter, and in making the investigations and surveys, may require the making, filing, or keeping of applications, schedules, records, reports, or statements, under oath or otherwise, administer oaths, take evidence under oath, subpoena witnesses, and require the production of books, papers, and records. Witnesses shall be allowed their fees and mileage as in cases in the circuit courts. The circuit court of any circuit or judge thereof may enforce by proper proceedings the attendance and testimony of any witness subpoenaed to appear within the circuit, or the production of books, papers, and records. [L Sp 1949, c 21, §6; RL 1955, §357-6; HRS §125-6; gen ch 1985]
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