Bill Text: MI HCR0031 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution to grant the Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic the power to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-10-21 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [HCR0031 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HCR0031-Engrossed.html
this resolution is offered to comply with mcl 4.101.
house Concurrent Resolution No.31
Rep. Hall offered the following concurrent resolution:
Whereas, Section 1 of 1931 PA 118, MCL 4.101, provides:
Committees and commissions of or appointed by the legislature may by resolution of the legislature be authorized to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses and/or to examine the books and records of any persons, partnerships or corporations involved in a matter properly before any of such committees or commissions. Any witness who neglects or refuses to obey a subpoena of any of such committees or commissions, or who refuses to be sworn or testify, or who fails on demand to produce any papers, books or documents touching any matter under investigation, or any witness or attorney who is guilty of any contempt while in attendance at any hearing before any of such committees or commissions, may be punished as for contempt of the legislature.
; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That, pursuant to MCL 4.101, we hereby grant the Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of 2020 the power to issue subpoenas and administer oaths to elected officers, appointees, and employees of state departments, boards, institutions, agencies, or other bodies in the executive branch of state government.
