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HR0127 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General | ||||||
| 5 | Assembly are amended by changing Rule 23 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (House Rule 23) | ||||||
| 7 | 23. Witnesses, Oaths, and Subpoenas. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Standing At the discretion of the Chairperson, | ||||||
| 9 | standing committees shall may administer oaths to witnesses | ||||||
| 10 | before the standing committee who are not members of the | ||||||
| 11 | General Assembly and may compel, by subpoena, any person to | ||||||
| 12 | appear and give testimony as a witness before the standing | ||||||
| 13 | committee and produce papers, documents, and other materials | ||||||
| 14 | relating to a legislative measure pending before the standing | ||||||
| 15 | committee. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) Special At the discretion of the Chairperson, special | ||||||
| 17 | committees shall may administer oaths to persons before the | ||||||
| 18 | special committee who are not members of the General Assembly | ||||||
| 19 | and may compel, by subpoena, any person to appear and give | ||||||
| 20 | testimony before the special committee and produce papers, | ||||||
| 21 | documents, and other materials relating to the subject matter | ||||||
| 22 | for which the special committee was created or relating to a | ||||||
| 23 | legislative measure pending before the special committee. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) A At the discretion of the Speaker, a Committee of the | ||||||
| 2 | Whole shall may administer oaths to persons before the | ||||||
| 3 | Committee of the Whole who are not members of the General | ||||||
| 4 | Assembly and may compel, by subpoena, any person to appear and | ||||||
| 5 | give testimony before the Committee of the Whole and produce | ||||||
| 6 | papers, documents, and other materials relating to the subject | ||||||
| 7 | matter for which the Committee of the Whole was created or | ||||||
| 8 | relating to a legislative measure pending before the committee | ||||||
| 9 | of the Whole. | ||||||
| 10 | (d) Oaths may be administered under this Rule by the | ||||||
| 11 | Presiding Officer or by the Chairperson of a committee or any | ||||||
| 12 | person sitting in his or her stead. | ||||||
| 13 | (e) Subpoenas issued under this Rule must be issued and | ||||||
| 14 | signed by the Chairperson of the committee and must comply | ||||||
| 15 | with Rule 4(c)(9). | ||||||
| 16 | (f) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons | ||||||
| 17 | from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for | ||||||
| 18 | purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the | ||||||
| 19 | majority caucus. | ||||||
| 20 | (g) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative | ||||||
| 21 | vote of 71 members elected. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.) | ||||||