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6.100 Procedure on charge.

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6.100 Procedure on charge. If the offense was against the General Assembly, or a joint committee, the house in which <br>the charge is filed may adopt a resolution providing for an investigation. If the resolution <br>is concurred in by the other house, the President of the Senate shall appoint two (2) of its <br>members and the Speaker of the House three (3) of its members, who shall constitute a <br>joint committee of investigation. If the offense was against the house in which the charge <br>is filed or one (1) of its committees, the President or Speaker shall appoint five (5) of its <br>members as a committee of investigation. The committee of investigation shall select one <br>(1) of its number chairman, who may summon and swear witnesses and require the <br>production of papers to be used as evidence. The committee shall summon the accused to <br>appear before it and answer the charge, and, after reasonable notice to him of the time and <br>place of trial, shall hear testimony, and cause the testimony or its substance to be reduced <br>to writing, and report its conclusions, with the testimony taken and its recommendations, <br>to the house in which the charge is pending, or to the Senate if the committee is a joint <br>committee. Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1995.