2015 Indiana Code TITLE 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARTICLE 4. LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS CHAPTER 1. INVESTIGATIONS BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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IC 2-4
ARTICLE 4. LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS
IC 2-4-1
Chapter 1. Investigations by General Assembly
IC 2-4-1-1
Subpoena power; production of books and records
Sec. 1. Whenever pursuant to a resolution of the general assembly
or either house thereof and pursuant to the authority vested in the
general assembly or either house thereof an investigation is instituted
in aid of its proper legislative functions, the house of representatives
or the senate, or any committee of either or of both of said houses to
which the duty of said investigation shall be entrusted, shall have the
power to subpoena witnesses, send for and compel the production of
books, records, papers and documents.
(Formerly: Acts 1937, c.57, s.1.)
IC 2-4-1-2
Subpoena and other process; service
Sec. 2. All subpoenae and other processes issued by any such
committee or by the general assembly shall be served by the chief
doorkeeper of the house or the chief doorkeeper of the senate and
shall be signed by the speaker of the house or the president of the
senate. All such subpoenae and processes shall be returnable at such
time as the committee may designate.
(Formerly: Acts 1937, c.57, s.2.)
IC 2-4-1-3
Administration of oaths
Sec. 3. The president of the senate, the speaker of the house or the
chairman of the committee of the whole, or the chairman or any
member of any committee of either the house or the senate of the
general assembly of Indiana is empowered to administer oaths to
witnesses in any case under their examination.
(Formerly: Acts 1937, c.57, s.3.)
IC 2-4-1-4
Refusal to appear or answer; offense
Sec. 4. A person who, having been summoned as a witness by the
authority of either the house or senate of the general assembly of the
state of Indiana, to give testimony or to produce papers upon any
matter under inquiry before either the house or the senate or any
committee of either the house or the senate, knowingly makes
default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question
pertinent to the question under inquiry, commits a Class A
misdemeanor.
(Formerly: Acts 1937, c.57, s.4.) As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2,
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