§ 3-11. Hearings.

A. 

The complainant shall appear in person, by his attorney or authorized representative at any public meeting of the Board on the days that legal notices indicate the Board is meeting.

B. 

The Board may administer oaths, take testimony and hear proof in regard to any complaint and the assessment to which it relates. It may require the person whose real property is assessed or his agent or representative or any other person to appear before it and be examined concerning such complaint and to produce any papers relating to such assessment. If the person whose real property is assessed or his agent or representative shall wrongfully neglect or refuse to attend and be so examined or to answer any material question put to him, such person shall not be entitled to any reduction of the assessment which is the subject of the complaint.

C. 

Hearings may be continued from time to time by the Board in case such continuance or adjournment is necessary.

D. 

The Board may from time to time refer any complaint to one or more of its members for the purpose of taking testimony or for the purpose of inspecting properties and report thereon to the Board for its action.