2019 Maryland Code
State Government
Title 2 - General Assembly
Subtitle 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions on Committees
§ 2-1104. Authority of standing committees as to subpoenas, oaths, testimony, and depositions
(a) With the prior approval of the Legislative Policy Committee, a standing committee, in carrying out any of its functions or powers, may:
(1) issue subpoenas;
(2) compel the attendance of witnesses;
(3) compel the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony;
(4) administer oaths; and
(5) cause the depositions of witnesses, who reside in or outside of the State, to be taken in the manner provided by law for taking depositions in a civil case.
(b) (1) If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this section or fails to testify on any matter on which the person lawfully may be interrogated, on petition of a member of the standing committee, a circuit court may pass an order directing compliance with the subpoena or compelling testimony and may enforce the order by proceedings for contempt.
(2) Venue and procedures for a proceeding under paragraph (1) of this subsection to direct compliance with a subpoena or compel testimony are as provided in § 2–1803 of this title.
(c) False swearing by a witness before a standing committee is perjury.
