Title 3, Legislature

The compensation to be paid to any sergeants-at-arms, counsel, investigators, clerks and stenographers, for performing their duties under this chapter, shall be in pursuance of appropriations to be made in the miscellaneous appropriation bill, out of any funds in the state treasu…

(a) In order to expedite and efficiently perform its duties, any such committee, unless otherwise ordered and directed by the house or houses for which such committee may be acting, may appoint and designate out of its own membership, a subcommittee or subcommittees, to consist o…

When, under the authority of this chapter, any such committee shall designate, out of its own membership, any such subcommittee or subcommittees to act for it and to proceed with its work and investigation as provided in § 3-3-106, then such committee, from among its authorized a…

Either house of the general assembly, acting in committee of the whole, or both houses acting in joint session or committee of the whole, or any committee of either or both houses, has the power, respectively, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers or …

(a) Any such subpoenas may be delivered to, and, when so delivered, shall be served by the sergeant-at-arms of the senate, acting for it, or by the sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives, acting for it, or by either of the sergeants-at-arms when the subpoena relates to …

Any person who, after having been served with a subpoena to appear as provided in § 3-3-109, fails to appear and makes willful default in that regard, or who, having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question, propounded by any member of the committee or any legal counsel…

Such body or committee has the right and power to issue and enforce process of arrest or attachment and impose penalty for disobedience and contempt, as contemplated, set out and provided in § 3-3-110, to the same extent as belongs by law in this state to courts of record in inst…

Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either house or of both houses of the general assembly, or by the authority of any standing or special committee of either house or any joint committee of both houses of the general assembly, to give testimon…

(a) Any person willfully making default in appearance when subpoenaed, or who, having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question or to produce any paper or other evidence, pertinent to the matter under inquiry, whether such question be propounded by any member of such com…

Any person violating § 3-3-112 shall be subject to indictment, trial and conviction in any county of this state in which, after having been subpoenaed, the person has gone, remains or may be found, while willfully disobeying the subpoena, or in which the person willfully fails to…

Any person who, after having knowledge that an inquiry or investigation has been ordered by either house or both houses of the general assembly, willfully leaves and is absent from the county of such person's usual residence for the purpose of evading the service upon such person…

(a) Any person violating § 3-3-115 commits a continuing offense during all the time such person is so willfully absent from the county of such person's usual residence for the purpose of evading any subpoena that might be issued for such person during the session of the general a…

(a) Power is given to such committees or subcommittees to issue attachments to be served on all persons who may willfully violate any subpoena, rule or order, made or promulgated by such committee. (b) Such attachment may be served by a sergeant-at-arms of any such committee on t…

(a) All such witnesses, when so subpoenaed, before giving their testimony before the bodies or committees subpoenaing them, shall take an oath or make affirmation as provided by law for witnesses appearing in a court of record of this state to give testimony in such court. (b) Th…

(a) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing papers, documents, records, or other items of evidence, before houses of the general assembly, or any such committee of either or both houses, in obedience to a subpoena of those bodies or any such committe…

(a) Any person who willfully and corruptly swears or affirms falsely in any material manner, upon any oath or affirmation, in respect of any matter under inquiry before either house, or such committee of either house or joint committee of both houses, commits perjury and shall be…

(a) Whenever a witness, summoned by subpoena issued as hereinbefore provided, fails to appear, or, having appeared, fails to answer, as provided in § 3-3-112, and the facts are reported to either house, the speaker of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, as …

(a) Any person or persons subpoenaed to appear as a witness before any such committee, or subcommittee, shall be entitled to compensation including travel pay, as is now provided by law in respect of witnesses subpoenaed to appear in civil cases in courts of record of this state.…

Upon the completion of any investigation, made as herein contemplated and provided, the committee making such investigation shall then report its findings, embodying its recommendations, to the house or houses of the general assembly by which such committee was authorized and emp…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as inconsistent with the continued reservation by each house of the general assembly of the right and purpose at all times directly to exercise, in all proper cases, all other powers necessary for a branch of the general assembly as …

This chapter shall be liberally construed in favor of making more effective any investigation ordered by either or both houses of the general assembly for the purpose of obtaining information to aid the general assembly, or either house thereof, in the performance of its legislat…