2005 Idaho Code - 67-460 — POWERS OF COMMITTEE

                                  TITLE  67
                      STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 4
                                 LEGISLATURE
    67-460.  POWERS OF COMMITTEE. The joint legislative oversight committee
shall have the following powers:
    (1)  To direct the director of legislative performance evaluations in
accordance with section 67-461, Idaho Code, to review the performance of any
state agency or program and to prepare reports for submission to the joint
legislative oversight committee.
    (2)  To contract with private individuals or entities for the conduct of
performance evaluations or portions thereof.
    (3)  To examine witnesses, to require the appearance of any person and the
production of papers or records, including books, accounts, documents,
computer records, and other materials, and to order the appearance of any
person for the purpose of producing papers or records, including books,
accounts, documents, computer records, and other materials, as is provided
other legislative committees.
    (4)  To administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the committee when,
by a majority vote, the committee deems the administration of an oath
necessary and advisable as provided by law.
    (5)  To determine that a witness has perjured himself by testifying
falsely before the committee, and to direct the attorney general to institute
legal proceedings as provided by law.
    (6)  To conduct meetings at such times as the cochairmen deem necessary.
    [(7)](8)  To issue subpoenas upon the signature of either of the
cochairmen; provided that the district court in and for the county in which
any inquiry, evaluation, investigation, hearing or proceeding may take place
shall have the power to compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in
the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the
court or the refusal to testify or produce papers or records, including books,
accounts, documents, computer records, and other materials, in court.