Section 2-1605 - Officers. - Maryland Statutes

§ 2-1605. Officers.
 

(a)  Chairman and vice chairman.- An investigating committee shall have the chairman and vice chairman who: 

(1) are appointed by the resolution that establishes the investigating committee; or 

(2) if the resolution does not appoint these officers, are elected by affirmative vote of a majority of all of the members of the investigating committee. 

(b)  Other officer.- The rules of an investigating committee shall provide for the selection of a presiding officer to act if the chairman and the vice chairman are absent or unable to act. 

(c)  Presiding officer.-  

(1) At a hearing of an investigating committee, the presiding officer shall be: 

(i) the chairman of the investigating committee; 

(ii) if the chairman is absent or otherwise unable to preside, the vice chairman; or 

(iii) if the chairman and vice chairman are absent or otherwise unable to preside, the individual who is selected under the rules of the investigating committee. 

(2) At a hearing, the presiding officer: 

(i) shall examine the witnesses or supervise the examination by any other member of the investigating committee or by staff who are authorized to examine witnesses; and 

(ii) may direct a witness to answer a relevant question or to provide a relevant book, document, or paper. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 40, §§ 81, 83; 1984, ch. 284, § 1.]