Section 2-1601 - Definitions.
§ 2-1601. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Hearing.-
(1) "Hearing" means a meeting that an investigating committee holds, during an investigatory proceeding, to take testimony or to receive other evidence.
(2) "Hearing" does not include a preliminary conference or interview at which testimony is not taken under oath.
(c) Investigating committee.- "Investigating committee" means any of the following bodies that may obtain, for the use of the General Assembly, information on a specific subject by compelling the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of books, documents, papers, and records:
(1) a standing committee or a subcommittee of a standing committee;
(2) a joint committee of the Senate and the House or a subcommittee of a joint committee; or
(3) the Legislative Policy Committee or any of its committees or subcommittees.
[An. Code 1957, art. 40, § 73; 1984, ch. 284, § 1.]