Councils may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers or other evidence at any meeting of the council or any committee of the council and for that purpose may issue subpoenas, signed by the president of council or the chair of the committee, which shall be served in any part of this Commonwealth. If a witness refuses to testify to any fact within the witness's knowledge or to produce any books or papers in the witness's possession or control required to be used as evidence in any case, the borough solicitor shall report the facts relating to the refusal to the court of common pleas. If the court determines the evidence required of the witness to be legal and competent, it shall order the witness to testify or produce the evidence required.
Cross References. Section 1014 is referred to in section 1015 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Chapter 10 - Powers and Duties of Elected Officials
Section 1002 - Oath of members of council
Section 1004 - Failure of council to organize
Section 1005 - Powers of council
Section 1006 - Duties of council
Section 1014 - Hearings before council; witnesses
Section 1015 - Witness fees and mileage
Section 1016 - Examination of witnesses; penalty
Section 1041 - Auditors to meet yearly and audit accounts
Section 1053 - Compensation of auditors
Section 1055 - Subpoenas, oath and perjury
Section 1058 - Pay of witnesses
Section 1059 - Auditors to settle accounts where witnesses do not appear
Section 1059.1 - Completion, filing and publication of auditor's report and financial statement
Section 1059.2 - Attorney to auditors
Section 1059.3 - Surcharge by auditors
Section 1059.4 - Appeals from audit
Section 1059.5 - Taxpayers appealing to enter bond
Section 1059.6 - Procedure on appeals
Section 1059.7 - Findings of fact and law, judgment and appeals
Section 1059.8 - Attorney fees
Section 1059.9 - Balances due to be entered as judgments
Section 1059.10 - Penalty for failure to comply with law
Section 1059.11 - General powers and duties of independent auditor
Section 1061 - Oath and bond of controller
Section 1062 - Salary of controller
Section 1063 - General powers and duties of controller
Section 1065 - Countersigned warrants
Section 1066 - Prevention of appropriation overdrafts
Section 1067 - Amount of contracts to be charged against appropriations
Section 1068 - Controller's recommendations on borough finances
Section 1069 - Books to be kept by controller
Section 1070 - Appeals from controller's report