                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD MAY ADMINISTER OATHS, CONDUCT HEARINGS, AND ISSUE SUBPOENAS (§ 53.1-6)

The Board, in the exercise and performance of its functions, duties, and powers
under the provisions of this title, is authorized to hold and conduct hearings,
issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of
records, memoranda, papers, and other documents, administer oaths, and take
testimony thereunder.
		When a review is ordered by the Board concerning any correctional facility
subject to the Board&#8217;s jurisdiction or concerning the conduct of persons
connected therewith, the chairman of the Board, by order of the Board, may issue
a summons directed to the sheriff of the county or city in which such
institution is located commanding him to summon any person to be present on a
certain day at such place within such county or city as may be designated by the
Board to give evidence before the Board. The Board shall have like powers to
issue a summons directed to the sheriff and to direct the sheriff to enforce
such summons.
		The chairman of the Board shall make the entry required of the clerk by §
17.1-612 concerning the amount any witness is to be paid as if the attendance of
the witness was before a court. The sum to which the witness is entitled shall
be paid out of the funds appropriated to the Board.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-19.36; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1982, c. 636; 2020, c. 759.