(a) Service of a subpoena requiring the attendance of a person at a hearing of an investigating committee shall be made at least five days before the date of the hearing unless a shorter period of time is authorized by majority vote of all the members of the committee in a particular instance when, in their opinion, the giving of five days’ notice is not practicable; but if a shorter period of time is authorized, the person subpoenaed shall be given reasonable notice of the hearing, consistent with the particular circumstances involved.
(b) Any person who is served with a subpoena to attend a hearing of an investigating committee also shall be served with a copy of the resolution or the Charter provision establishing the committee, a copy of the ordinance under which the committee functions, a general statement informing such person of the subject matter of the committee’s investigation or inquiry, and a notice that such person may be accompanied at the hearing by counsel of such person’s own choosing.
(Sec. 4-4.8, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 4, Art. 4, § 4-4.8)