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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 587

3. THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL CAUSE TO
BE INTRODUCED A SIMPLE RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE FINDINGS AND
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.

(5) IN ANY MATTER CONCLUDED BY A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT
OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UPON
REQUEST OF THE MEMBER THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL INTRODUCE A
SIMPLE RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.

(P) (1) EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE BY A SIMPLE
RESOLUTION SHALL ESTABLISH AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, AS
PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 40 OF THE CODE, PROMPTLY UPON THE BEGINNING
OF THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION AFTER EACH GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
SUBJECT TO FURTHER ACTION OF THAT BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE, THAT
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE SHALL FUNCTION DURING AND BETWEEN
SESSIONS THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A NEW
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE IS CREATED.

(2)  AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH REGULAR SESSION, THE
PRESIDING OFFICER BY ORDER SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBERS OF THE
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE FROM THE MEMBERS OF THAT 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.

(3)  THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE THUS CREATED AND
CONSTITUTED SHALL PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS ASSIGNED UNDER THIS
SECTION 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 COMMITTEE SHALL PERFORM NO OTHER FUNCTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

3-102.

(o) (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of
this subsection, the investigating committee shall review the
report of the committee and, in such detail as it considers
appropriate, conduct further proceedings until it is prepared to
make a report pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection. The
proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of
[Sections 72 through 87 of Article 40] TITLE 2, SUBTITLE 16 OF
THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE of the Annotated Code of Maryland to
the extent those provisions are not inconsistent with subsection
(j) or other provisions of this section.