1. (a) An investigating committee shall have the chair and vice chair who:

   1. (1) are appointed by the resolution that establishes the investigating committee; or
   2. (2) if the resolution does not appoint these officers, are elected by affirmative vote of a majority of all of the members of the investigating committee.
2. (b) The rules of an investigating committee shall provide for the selection of a presiding officer to act if the chair and vice chair are absent or unable to act.

3. (c)

   1. (1) At a hearing of an investigating committee, the presiding officer shall be:

      1. (i) the chair of the investigating committee;
      2. (ii) if the chair is absent or otherwise unable to preside, the vice chair; or
      3. (iii) if the chair and vice chair are absent or otherwise unable to preside, the individual who is selected under the rules of the investigating committee.

   2. (2) At a hearing, the presiding officer:

      1. (i) shall examine the witnesses or supervise the examination by any other member of the investigating committee or by staff who are authorized to examine witnesses; and
      2. (ii) may direct a witness to answer a relevant question or to provide a relevant book, document, or paper.

Added by Acts 1984, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 441, § 1, eff. June 1, 2024.

Formerly Art. 40, §§ 81, 83.