Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7781
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 7781
- 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
- Commissioner: shall mean the Commissioner of Taxes. See
- 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.
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
§ 7781. Powers of officer conducting hearings
The Commissioner and any agent of the Commissioner duly authorized to conduct any inquiry, investigation, or hearing hereunder shall have power to administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of inquiry or investigation. At any hearing ordered by the Commissioner, the Commissioner or his or her agent authorized to conduct such hearing and having authority by law to issue such process may subpoena witnesses and require the production of books, papers, and documents pertinent to such inquiry. No witness under subpoena authorized to be issued by the provisions of this chapter 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 him or her, but such evidence or the books or papers so produced shall not be used in any criminal proceeding against him or her. Officers who serve subpoenas issued by the Commissioner or under his or her authority and witnesses attending hearings conducted by him or her hereunder shall receive fees and compensation at the same rates as officers and witnesses in causes before a Criminal Division of the Superior Court, to be paid on vouchers of the Commissioner on order of the Commissioner of Finance and Management from the proper appropriation for the administration of this chapter. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1983, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2009, No. 154, § 238.)