KRS 205.170: Powers of secretary.

(1) In the discharge of the duties imposed by this chapter the secretary or his duly

authorized representative may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions,

certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and

production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda and other records

considered necessary and relevant as evidence in connection with the administration

of the cabinet. Such subpoena shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena

issued out of a Circuit Court.

(2) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books,

papers, correspondence, memoranda or other records in response to such subpoena

on the grounds that the evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or

subject him to a penalty, or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to

any suit, penalty, or forfeiture on account of any transaction, matter, or thing

concerning which he or his agent or worker is compelled, after having claimed

privilege agains t self -incrimination, to give evidence except that such witness so

testifying shall not be exempt from punishment for perjury.