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6.100 Procedure on charge.
If the offense was against the General Assembly, or a joint committee, the house in which
the charge is filed may adopt a resolution providing for an investigation. If the resolution
is concurred in by the other house, the President of the Senate shall appoint two (2) of its
members and the Speaker of the House three (3) of its members, who shall constitute a
joint committee of investigation. If the offense was against the house in which the charge
is filed or one (1) of its committees, the President or Speaker shall appoint five (5) of its
members as a committee of investigation. The committee of investigation shall select one
(1) of its number chairman, who may summon and swear witnesses and require the
production of papers to be used as evidence. The committee shall summon the accused to
appear before it and answer the charge, and, after reasonable notice to him of the time and
place of trial, shall hear testimony, and cause the testimony or its substance to be reduced
to writing, and report its conclusions, with the testimony taken and its recommendations,
to the house in which the charge is pending, or to the Senate if the committee is a joint
committee.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 1995.
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