(1) If the chief recovery officer reasonably believes that an employee or an elected or appointed official of the financial recovery school district has failed to answer questions accurately or completely or has failed to furnish information requested, the chief recovery officer shall direct the employee or elected or appointed official in writing to furnish answers to questions or to furnish documents or records, or both.

(2) If the employee or elected or appointed official refuses to furnish answers to questions or to furnish documents or records within 15 days of a written request, the chief recovery officer shall petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the financial recovery school district or the largest part in area of the financial recovery school district is located for a writ of mandamus requiring the employee or elected or appointed official to provide the chief recovery officer with the information, documents or records requested.

(3) Within seven days of the filing of a petition under paragraph (2), the court shall conduct a hearing on the petition. The court shall grant the petition and compel the employee or elected or appointed official to provide the requested information unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the request for information is arbitrary, capricious or wholly irrelevant to the duties of the chief recovery officer.