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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-1104" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions on Committees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>With the prior approval of the Legislative Policy Committee, a standing committee, in carrying out any of its functions or powers, may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue subpoenas;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>compel the attendance of witnesses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>compel the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>administer oaths; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>False swearing by a witness before a standing committee is perjury.</text>
  </level>
</section>
