HEARINGS

Acting through one or more commissioners or other persons designated by the authority, an authority may: (1) conduct examinations and investigations and hear testimony and accept evidence under oath at a public or private hearing on a matter material for the authority's information; (2) administer oaths, issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of a witness or the production of books and papers, and issue a commission for the examination of a witness who is outside the state, unable to attend the hearing, or excused from attendance; and (3) make its findings and recommendations with regard to a building or property where conditions exist that are dangerous to the public health, morals, safety, or welfare available to appropriate agencies, including agencies charged with the duty of abating, or requiring the correction of, nuisances or similar conditions or of demolishing unsafe or unsanitary structures within the authority's area of operation.