§ 3-3-118. Oaths of Witnesses
All such witnesses, when so subpoenaed, before giving their testimony before the bodies or committees subpoenaing them, shall take an oath or make affirmation as provided by law for witnesses appearing in a court of record of this state to give testimony in such court. The speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house […]
§ 3-3-119. Self-Incrimination
No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing papers, documents, records, or other items of evidence, before houses of the general assembly, or any such committee of either or both houses, in obedience to a subpoena of those bodies or any such committee, on the ground or for the reason that the […]
§ 3-3-120. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury — Penalty
Any person who willfully and corruptly swears or affirms falsely in any material manner, upon any oath or affirmation, in respect of any matter under inquiry before either house, or such committee of either house or joint committee of both houses, commits perjury and shall be subject to indictment, trial and conviction for such perjury. […]
§ 3-3-121. Prosecution by District Attorney General
Whenever a witness, summoned by subpoena issued as hereinbefore provided, fails to appear, or, having appeared, fails to answer, as provided in § 3-3-112, and the facts are reported to either house, the speaker of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, as the case may be or the chair of the […]
§ 3-3-122. Compensation of Witnesses
Any person or persons subpoenaed to appear as a witness before any such committee, or subcommittee, shall be entitled to compensation including travel pay, as is now provided by law in respect of witnesses subpoenaed to appear in civil cases in courts of record of this state. Such compensation for witnesses, when certified as due […]
§ 3-3-123. Committee Reports on Investigations
Upon the completion of any investigation, made as herein contemplated and provided, the committee making such investigation shall then report its findings, embodying its recommendations, to the house or houses of the general assembly by which such committee was authorized and empowered to act.
§ 3-3-124. Legislative Powers Unabridged
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as inconsistent with the continued reservation by each house of the general assembly of the right and purpose at all times directly to exercise, in all proper cases, all other powers necessary for a branch of the general assembly as expressly declared in article II, § 12 of […]
§ 3-3-110. Offenses Constituting Contempt
Any person who, after having been served with a subpoena to appear as provided in § 3-3-109, fails to appear and makes willful default in that regard, or who, having appeared, willfully refuses to answer any question, propounded by any member of the committee or any legal counsel of such committee acting in its presence […]
§ 3-3-111. Arrest and Punishment for Contempt
Such body or committee has the right and power to issue and enforce process of arrest or attachment and impose penalty for disobedience and contempt, as contemplated, set out and provided in § 3-3-110, to the same extent as belongs by law in this state to courts of record in instances of such like offending, […]
§ 3-3-112. Penalty for Willful Default of Summoned Witness
Every person who, having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either house or of both houses of the general assembly, or by the authority of any standing or special committee of either house or any joint committee of both houses of the general assembly, to give testimony or to produce any papers, […]