branch of the legislature. If it is considered inappropriate by the presiding officer for
any member of the investigating committee to consider a particular matter, the
presiding officer shall appoint a substitute member for the purposes of that matter.

(c) The investigating committee thus created and constituted shall perform
the functions assigned under this Part II and consider such other matters relating to
that branch of the legislature as may be assigned to it by the presiding officers acting
jointly or by the presiding officer of that branch with the approval of the minority
leader of that branch. The investigating committee shall perform no other function.]

15-519. HEARING PROCEDURES.

(A) THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE SHALL ADOPT WRITTEN PROCEDURES
FOR CONDUCTING A HEARING TO CONSIDER A COMPLAINT, ALLEGATION SUMMARY,
AND WRITTEN ANSWER, IF ANY, AS PROVIDED IN § 15-518(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(B) THE WRITTEN PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION:

(1) SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION;

(2) SHALL BE PROVIDED TO EACH LEGISLATOR WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF
A HEARING;

(3) SHALL AUTHORIZE A LEGISLATOR TO: 

(I) . BE REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL;

(II) CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES; AND

(III) SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE JOINT ETHICS
COMMITTEE IN ITS WRITTEN PROCEDURES, BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REASONABLY INSPECT ANY RECORDS THAT THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE INTENDS
TO USE DURING THE HEARING; AND

(4) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, MAY BE
AMENDED BY THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE AT ANY TIME.

(C) (1) (I) IF THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE DETERMINES THAT. A
HEARING IS REQUIRED UNDER § 15-518(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE JOINT ETHICS
COMMITTEE, BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT ETHICS
COMMITTEE, MAY ISSUE ONE OR MORE SUBPOENAS THAT REQUIRE THE
APPEARANCE OF A PERSON, THE PRODUCTION OF RELEVANT RECORDS, AND THE
GIVING OF RELEVANT TESTIMONY.

(II) IF THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE EXERCISES SUBPOENA
POWERS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, THE LEGISLATOR WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
INVESTIGATION MAY REQUIRE THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE TO ISSUE ONE OR
MORE SUBPOENAS ON THAT LEGISLATOR'S BEHALF.

(2) A REQUEST TO APPEAR, APPEARANCE, OR SUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE
DOES NOT LIMIT THE SUBPOENA POWER OF THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE.