2013 Code of Alabama
Title 11 - COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
Title 2 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ONLY.
Section 11-43C-87 - Inquiry into conduct of office, department, agency, or officer; investigations as to municipal affairs; subpoena power.


AL Code § 11-43C-87 (2013) What's This?
Section 11-43C-87Inquiry into conduct of office, department, agency, or officer; investigations as to municipal affairs; subpoena power.

The council, or the mayor, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00 or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both.

(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §87.)

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