Maryland § 2-1605

§ 2-1605.

    (a)    An investigating committee shall have the chair and vice chair 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)    The rules of an investigating committee shall provide for the selection of a presiding officer to act if the chair and vice chair are absent or unable to act.

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

            (i)    the chair of the investigating committee;

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

            (iii)    if the chair and vice chair 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.