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218E.050 - Power of Houses to imprison for contempt; issuance and service of citation for contempt.

218E.050  Power of Houses to imprison for contempt; issuance and service of citation for contempt.

      1.  If the witness was required to attend before the Senate or Assembly, any member of the House may offer a resolution to have the witness cited to show cause why the witness should not be imprisoned for contempt. If the witness was required to attend before a committee while the Legislature is in session, any member of the committee may be authorized by majority vote of the committee to offer a resolution in the House of which the Legislator is a member to have the witness so cited.

      2.  If the resolution is adopted, a citation shall issue, signed by the presiding officer of the House:

      (a) Directing the recusant witness to appear before the House at a time and place specified in the citation to show cause, if any, why the witness should not be imprisoned for contempt; and

      (b) Accompanied by a copy of the original subpoena if the witness failed to appear, or stating briefly the questions which the witness failed to answer or the evidence which the witness failed to produce, as the case may be.

      3.  The time and place stated in the citation shall afford the recusant witness a reasonable opportunity to prepare a defense.

      4.  The citation shall be served personally upon the recusant witness, and may be served by any peace officer or by the Sergeant at Arms or any regularly appointed Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the House.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 298)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.533)

     

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