To amend section 2935.23 of the Revised Code to authorize the prosecuting attorney of a county or chief legal officer of a municipal corporation to issue an investigative subpoena for any criminal offense.

Section 1. That section 2935.23 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2935.23.  After a felony criminal offense has been committed, and before any arrest has been made, the prosecuting attorney of the county, the chief legal officer of the municipal corporation, or any judge or magistrate, may cause subpoenas to issue, returnable before any court or magistrate, for any person to give information concerning such felony the criminal offense. The subpoenas shall require the witness to appear forthwith. Before such the witness is required to give any information, he the witness must be informed of the purpose of the inquiry, and that he the witness is required to tell the truth concerning the same purpose of the inquiry. He The witness shall then be sworn and be examined under oath by the prosecuting attorney, chief legal officer, or the court or magistrate, subject to the constitutional rights of the witness. Such The examination shall be taken in writing in any form, and shall be filed with the court or magistrate taking the testimony. Witness fees shall be paid to such persons the person as in other cases.

Section 2.  That existing section 2935.23 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.