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| 3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 the Rules of the House of Representatives of the 104th General |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 Assembly are amended by changing Rule 23 as follows: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 (House Rule 23) |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 23. Witnesses, Oaths, and Subpoenas. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 (a) Standing At the discretion of the Chairperson, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 standing committees shall may administer oaths to witnesses |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 before the standing committee who are not members of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 General Assembly and may compel, by subpoena, any person to |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 appear and give testimony as a witness before the standing |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 committee and produce papers, documents, and other materials |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 relating to a legislative measure pending before the standing |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 committee. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 (b) Special At the discretion of the Chairperson, special |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 committees shall may administer oaths to persons before the |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 special committee who are not members of the General Assembly |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 and may compel, by subpoena, any person to appear and give |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 testimony before the special committee and produce papers, |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 documents, and other materials relating to the subject matter |
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| 24 | 24 | | 22 for which the special committee was created or relating to a |
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| 25 | 25 | | 23 legislative measure pending before the special committee. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 (c) A At the discretion of the Speaker, a Committee of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 Whole shall may administer oaths to persons before the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 Committee of the Whole who are not members of the General |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 Assembly and may compel, by subpoena, any person to appear and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 give testimony before the Committee of the Whole and produce |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 papers, documents, and other materials relating to the subject |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 matter for which the Committee of the Whole was created or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 relating to a legislative measure pending before the committee |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 of the Whole. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 (d) Oaths may be administered under this Rule by the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 Presiding Officer or by the Chairperson of a committee or any |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 person sitting in his or her stead. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 (e) Subpoenas issued under this Rule must be issued and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 signed by the Chairperson of the committee and must comply |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 with Rule 4(c)(9). |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 (f) In the case of special committees with Co-Chairpersons |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 from different political parties, the term "Chairperson" for |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 purposes of this Rule means the Co-Chairperson from the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19 majority caucus. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20 (g) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21 vote of 71 members elected. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 22 (Source: H.R. 36, 103rd G.A.) |
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