KRS 278.330: Witnesses.

The commission and each of the commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in the

preceding sections of this chapter, may administer oaths, examine witnesses, and certify

official acts. If any person fails to comply with any lawful order of the commission or of

any commissioner, or with process, or if any witness refuses to testify concerning any

matter on which he may lawfully be interrogated, any Circuit Judge, on application of the

commission or of a commissioner, may compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as

in the case of disobedience of a subpoena issued from the circuit court or a refusal to

testify therein. Witnesses summoned before the commission, and witnesses whose

depositions are taken pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sections of t his chapter,

and the officer taking the depositions, shall be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like

services in circuit courts, the fees to be paid by the party in whose behalf the witness is

subpoenaed.