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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 22.03.05.01" title_num="22" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="05" heading="Subpoena Power.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Board of Trustees may issue a subpoena as the Board of Trustees considers necessary to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Properly administer and enforce State Personnel and Pensions Article, Division II, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR Title 22; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Compel any person served with the subpoena to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Attend and testify as a witness at a hearing before the Board of Trustees;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Produce documents and tangible items; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Both attend and testify as a witness at a hearing before the Board of Trustees and produce documents and tangible items.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except as provided in Regulation .02B(2) of this chapter, the Board of Trustees exercises its subpoena power by and through the Executive Director of the Retirement Agency as the Board of Trustees’ delegee.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>