08 NCAC 03 .0106             WITNESSES

(a)  Either the voter or the member may request in writing to the chair of the Board for subpoenas for witnesses to be heard orally at the hearing held according to Rule .0103 of this Section. The application shall include the following information:

(1)           the name or names of the witnesses;

(2)           a statement of one page or less of what is expected to be proved by each witness; and

(3)           the reason the testimony cannot be presented to the Board in the form of an affidavit of such witness or witnesses.

(b)  If, upon such application for subpoenas, the chair of the Board is of the opinion that the oral evidence of such witnesses will be helpful to the board, a subpoena shall be issued for the personal appearance of the witnesses, and if required by the subpoena, the witnesses shall produce such books, papers, or records as may be called for in said subpoena.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 163-22(c); 163-23;

Eff. March 12, 1976;

Readopted Eff. June 1, 2019.