Sec. 2-47. Witness not privileged.
Sec. 2-47. Witness not privileged. No witness shall be privileged to refuse to testify to any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting which he is examined by either house
of the General Assembly, or by any committee of either house or any joint committee of
both houses, or by the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee in
any program review or investigation, as defined in section 2-53d, upon the ground that
his testimony to such fact or his production of such paper may tend to disgrace him or
otherwise render him infamous.
(1949 Rev., S. 52; P.A. 75-388, S. 9; P.A. 93-250, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 75-388 included the legislative program review and investigations committee among examining bodies
listed; P.A. 93-250 amended section to provide that witnesses are not privileged when they are being examined by the
legislative program review and investigations committee "in any program review or investigation, as defined in section
2-53d", effective June 23, 1993.