(a) The local licensing authority shall be vested with all the authority granted to a local licensing authority by the Colorado Beer Code, the Colorado Liquor Code and the liquor special event permit code.

(b) If a liquor license is ordered suspended by the local licensing authority for a violation of any of the provisions of the Colorado Beer Code, the Colorado Liquor Code, the liquor special event permits code, or of any of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of his or her liquor license, the local licensing authority is authorized to impose a fine in lieu of all or part of a suspension of the liquor license. The procedures and standards for imposing a fine in lieu of all or part of a suspension shall be governed by the Colorado Liquor Code.

(c) The local licensing authority has the authority to assess the costs of a public hearing against a licensee whose license has not been renewed or whose license has been revoked or suspended for cause or who in lieu of a suspension has been subjected to a fine.

(d) The local licensing authority may promulgate rules of procedure for the conduct of all hearings and all such other matters not inconsistent with this article, the Colorado Beer Code, the Colorado Liquor Code, the liquor special event permits code, and the rules and regulations adopter pursuant thereto so as to facilitate the proper administration of the same.

(e) The local licensing authority has the authority to continue a scheduled public hearing, control the proceedings of a public hearing, admit or exclude testimony or other evidence, rule on all motions and objections, limit cross-examination, administer oaths, and issue subpoenas to require the presence of persons and the production of papers, books and records necessary to the determination of any hearing which the local licensing authority is authorized to conduct pursuant to the Colorado Beer Code, the Colorado Liquor Code or the liquor special event permits code.

A subpoena shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued by the state district court. The municipal court shall enforce the subpoenas of the local licensing authority and upon good cause shown shall enter its orders compelling witnesses to attend and testify or produce books, records or other evidence and shall impose penalties or punishment for contempt for failure to comply with such orders. Upon failure of any witness to comply with such subpoena, the city attorney shall, at the direction of the local licensing authority: