SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        969

66.    Finance and Staff.

Each investigating committee may employ professional, technical,
clerical or other personnel as necessary for the proper performance
of its duties, to the extent of funds made available to it for such
purpose and subject to such restrictions and procedures relating
thereto as may be provided by law or any applicable rules of the
General Assembly.

67.    Membership, Quorum and Voting.

(a)    An investigating committee shall consist of not less than
five members.

(b)    A quorum shall consist of a majority of the total authorized
membership of the committee.

(c)    No action shall be taken by a committee at any meeting
unless a quorum is present. Unless it is specified in this subtitle
or any other law that action must be taken by a majority or greater
vote of all of the members of the committee, action may be taken
by a majority vote of the members present and voting at a meeting
at which there is a quorum.

68.    Hearings.

(a)    An investigating committee may hold hearings as it deems
appropriate for the performance of its duties, at such times and
places as the committee determines.

(b)    The committee shall provide by its rules that its members
be given at least three days' written notice of any hearing to be held
when the General Assembly is in session and at least seven days'
written notice of any hearing to be held when the General Assembly
is not in session. Such notices shall include a statement of the sub-
ject matter of the hearing. A hearing, and any action there taken,
shall not be deemed, invalid solely because notice was not given in
accordance with this requirement.

(c)    A hearing shall not be conducted by any investigating com-
mittee unless a quorum is present.

69.    Issuance of Subpoenas.

(a)    By a majority vote of all of its members, an investigating
committee may issue subpoenas, including subpoenas duces tecum,
requiring the appearance of persons, production of relevant records,
and the giving of relevant testimony.

(b)    A person subpoenaed to attend a hearing of an investigating
committee shall receive the same fees and allowances as a person
subpoenaed to give testimony in an action pending in a court of
record.

70.    Notice to Witnesses.

(a) Service of a subpoena authorized by this subtitle shall be
made in the manner provided by law for the service of subpoenas
in civil actions at least seven days prior to the time fixed in the
subpoena for appearance or production of records, unless a shorter
period of time is authorised by majority vote of all of the members