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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 171 attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of the Employment Security Act of 1980 or for purposes of monitoring a workforce system program. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-504, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 354, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2015, c. 249, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2015.

§40-4-505. Refusal to obey Commission subpoenas - Judicial orders. REFUSAL TO OBEY COMMISSION SUBPOENAS - JUDICIAL ORDERS. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to, any person, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Commission, the Board of Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized representative of any of them shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Commission, the Board of Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-505, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980.

§40-4-506. Penalties for failure to attend lawful inquiries or obey Commission subpoenas. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND LAWFUL INQUIRIES OR OBEY COMMISSION SUBPOENAS. Any person who shall without just cause fail or refuse to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records, if it is in its power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena of the Commission, the Board of Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, or any duly-authorized representative of any of them, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not longer than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 4-506, emerg. eff. June 13, 1980. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 22, operative Oct. 1, 1982.

§40-4-507. Self-incrimination. SELF-INCRIMINATION. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the Commission, the Board of Review, the chairman of an appeal tribunal, or any duly authorized