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JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(b) Investigating Committee. The House of Delegates or the
Senate, after receiving the report, may establish by Resolution
an Investigating Committee under the subtitle "Legislative
Investigating Committees: Code of Fair Procedures" in Article 40
of the Annotated Code of Maryland.]

(D) FINDINGS. BASED UPON THE RECORD COMPILED AT THE
HEARING, THE COMMITTEE SHALL MAKE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:

(1)  THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS BECAUSE
THERE IS NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A VIOLATION MAY HAVE
OCCURRED;

(2)  THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A
VIOLATION MAY HAVE OCCURRED BUT FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ARE NOT
JUSTIFIED BECAUSE:

(I)  ANY VIOLATION THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED IS NOT
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE;

(II)  ANY VIOLATION THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED WAS
INADVERTENT, TECHNICAL, OR MINOR, OR HAS BEEN CURED, AND, AFTER
CONSIDERATION OF ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS
WOULD NOT SERVE THE PURPOSES OF THESE RULES; OR

(III)  FOR OTHER REASONS, AFTER CONSIDERATION OF
ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS WOULD NOT SERVE THE
PURPOSES OF THESE RULES.

(3)  FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ARE JUSTIFIED.

112.  REPORT TO PRESIDING OFFICER.

PROMPTLY UPON MAKING A FINDING PURSUANT TO RULE 111(D), THE
COMMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT OF ITS PROCEEDINGS,
INCLUDING ITS FINDING, TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE BRANCH OF
THE LEGISLATURE OF WHICH THE LEGISLATOR IS A MEMBER.

113.  ACTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

(A)  REVIEW. THE PRESIDING OFFICER SHALL REVIEW EACH REPORT
SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO RULE 112.

(B)  TERMINATION OF PROCEEDINGS. IF THE REPORT CONTAINS A
FINDING UNDER RULE 111(D)(1), THE PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE
TERMINATED.

(C)  FORWARDING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS - DISCRETIONARY. IF
THE REPORT CONTAINS A FINDING UNDER RULE 111(D)(2) AND:

(1) IF THE PRESIDING OFFICER AGREES WITH THE FINDING
CONTAINED IN THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, THE PROCEEDINGS SHALL
BE TERMINATED.