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JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(III) 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.

(E) RESOLUTION AT LEGISLATOR'S REQUEST. 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.

115. ESTABLISHMENT OF INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES.

(A)  CREATION AND DURATION. EACH BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE
BY A SIMPLE RESOLUTION SHALL ESTABLISH AN INVESTIGATING
COMMITTEE, AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 40 OF THE ANNOTATED 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.

(B)  MEMBERSHIP. 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.

(C)  DUTIES. PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 72
THROUGH 87 OF ARTICLE 40 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE TO THE EXTENT
THOSE PROVISIONS ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THESE RULES, THE
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE THUS CREATED AND CONSTITUTED SHALL
PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS ASSIGNED UNDER THESE RULES 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; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the passage of this Resolution is contingent

upon the passage of (41r0723) H.B. ____ of 1984. Should

(41r0723) H.B. ____ fail of enactment, the provisions of this

Resolution are null and void without the need of further action
by the General Assembly; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the rules above listed for adoption in this
Joint Resolution shall take effect simultaneously on the Rules
of both the Senate and of the House of Delegates of Maryland
upon the enactment of (41r0723) H.B. _____; and be it further