2021 Indiana Code
Title 15. Agriculture and Animals
Article 15. Horticulture Products
Chapter 5. Indiana Seed Arbitration Council
15-15-5-11. Authority of Council; Investigations; Hearings; Subpoenas
Sec. 11. The council may do the following:
(1) Examine all nonprivileged records of the buyer and the seller that the council considers relevant to a complaint filed under this chapter.
(2) Investigate and conduct tests the council considers necessary to determine the validity of the complaint. The council may enter into contracts with qualified persons to perform investigations and tests under this subdivision.
(3) Hold hearings at the times and places designated by the chairperson to perform the functions described in section 10 of this chapter. Written notice of a hearing must be given to the buyer and the seller not later than twenty (20) days before the hearing. Each party must be given an opportunity to present its position at a hearing.
(4) Negotiate and recommend to the buyer and the seller conditions for settlement of a complaint.
(5) Hold hearings to present:
(A) the results of the investigation of a complaint; and
(B) the recommendations to the buyer and the seller for settlement of the complaint.
(6) Compel either or both of the following by subpoena:
(A) The attendance and testimony of witnesses.
(B) The production of documents.
If the council issues a subpoena, the circuit or superior court of the county in which a subpoena is to be served shall enforce the subpoena.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-11-8.5.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.
