HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     1097

(III) IF THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN ARE
ABSENT OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO PRESIDE, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
SELECTED UNDER THE RULES OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.

(2) AT A HEARING, THE PRESIDING OFFICER:

(I)  SHALL EXAMINE THE WITNESSES OR SUPERVISE
THE EXAMINATION BY ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE OR BY STAFF WHO ARE AUTHORIZED TO EXAMINE WITNESSES;
AND

(II)  MAY DIRECT A WITNESS TO ANSWER A RELEVANT
QUESTION OR TO PROVIDE A RELEVANT BOOK, DOCUMENT, OR PAPER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), and (c)(1)(i) and
(ii) and (2) of this section are new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 40, §
81(b) and the first sentence of § 83(d).

Subsection (c)(1)(iii) of this section is new language
added to state expressly that which is implicit in
light of subsection (b) of this section.

In subsection (a)(1) of this section, the former
reference to the "law" that created the investigating
committee is deleted since, under § 2-1603(a) of this
subtitle, an investigating committee may be
established only by resolution.

Subsection (c)(2)(i) of this section is revised as a
duty of the "presiding officer". Although former Art.
40, § 81(b) directed the chairman to "conduct the
examination", this reference to the chairman was
modified by the language "if present and able to act",
which suggested that, in the absence of the chairman,
the vice chairman or other presiding officer had this
duty.

Defined terms: "Hearing" § 2-1601
"Investigating committee" § 2-1601

2-1606. QUORUM; VOTING; STAFF.

(A) QUORUM; VOTING.

(1)  A MAJORITY OF THE FULL AUTHORIZED MEMBERSHIP OF
AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE IS A QUORUM.

(2)  UNLESS THERE IS A QUORUM, AN INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE MAY NOT ACT AT ANY MEETING OR HOLD A HEARING.

(3)  UNLESS A GREATER VOTE EXPRESSLY IS REQUIRED IN
THIS SUBTITLE, AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MAY ACT BY A MAJORITY
VOTE OF ITS MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT AT A MEETING AND VOTE.