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more bills in possession of the committee or subcommittee. If the original bill
or bills are noticed, no further notice is required. If a proposed committee or
subcommittee substitute is noticed in the manner required for a proposed
committee or subcommittee bill, the original bill or bills need not be noticed.
Upon the reporting of a committee or subcommittee substitute, the original bill
or bills shall be laid on the table of the House.
(b) Committee and subcommittee substitutes shall be prepared by the
House Bill Drafting Service and filed with the Clerk.
(c) No later than the day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and official
state holidays) after it is filed by the committee or subcommittee, a committee
or subcommittee substitute shall be read a first time and be subject to referral
by the Speaker.
7.20—Subpoena Powers
The standing committees and subcommittees of the House may exercise
subpoena power and issue other necessary legal process pursuant to Rule 16.
7.21—Administration of Oaths
Whenever desired by a committee or subcommittee, the chair or any other
member of the committee or subcommittee may administer oaths and
affirmations in the manner prescribed by law to any witness appearing before
such committee or subcommittee for the purpose of testifying in any matter
about which such committee or subcommittee may require sworn testimony,
provided the record of a statement made under oath in committee or
subcommittee may not be used to controvert a factual determination of the
Legislature.
7.22—Procedure in Conference Committees
Conference committee meeting notices shall be published not less than 1 hour
prior to the time scheduled for the meeting. Each conference committee may
determine its own procedures and select a member to preside, provided a
majority of managers of each house agree.
7.23—Open Meetings; Decorum
(a) All meetings of committees and subcommittees shall be open to
the public at all times, subject always to the authority of the chair to maintain
order and decorum; however, when reasonably necessary for security purposes
or the protection of a witness, a chair, with the concurrence of the Speaker and
the Minority Leader, may close a meeting or portion thereof, and the record of
such meeting may not disclose the identity of any witness appearing before the
committee or subcommittee during a closed session.
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