Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 44 State Government -- Legislative - Chapter 44.16 Legislative Inquiry

44.16.010 Examination of witnesses -- Compulsory process
Every chairman or presiding member of any committee of either the senate or house of representatives, or any joint committee of the senate or house ...

44.16.020 Service of process
All process provided for in this chapter may be served in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of process in ...

44.16.030 Chairman to administer oaths
The chairman or presiding member of any committee of either the senate, house of representatives, or any joint committee thereof, shall be authorized to administer ...

44.16.040 Commission to examine absent witness
Every such chairman or presiding member shall also have power, under the direction of the committee, to issue a commission for the examination of any ...

44.16.050 Commission executed during recess
Whenever such committee shall obtain authority for that purpose, from the senate or house, or legislature, by which it may be appointed, it may issue ...

44.16.060 To whom directed -- Interrogatories
Every such commission shall be directed to such magistrate or other person, as the committee may designate, and interrogatories framed by the committee shall be ...

44.16.070 Oath and powers of commissioner
The person to whom such commission shall be directed, if he reside within the state and accept the trust, shall, before entering upon the execution ...

44.16.080 Examination to be private
Unless otherwise directed by the committee, it shall in all cases be the duty of the commissioner to examine, in private, every witness attending before ...

44.16.090 Testimony reduced to writing
Every witness so attending shall be examined on oath or affirmation, and his testimony shall be reduced to writing by the commissioner, or by some ...

44.16.100 Return of depositions
When a commission shall have been duly executed, the commissioner shall annex thereto the depositions of the witnesses, duly certified by him, and shall, without ...

44.16.110 Fees of commissioner and witnesses
A person executing any such commission shall be paid, out of the state treasury, the same fees that are allowed by law for the taking ...

44.16.120 Punishment of recalcitrant witness
Any person who shall fail to attend as a witness upon any committee appointed by either the house or senate of the state of Washington, ...

44.16.130 Failure to attend -- Contempt
A person who, being duly summoned to attend as a witness before either house of the legislature, or any committee or joint committee thereof, or ...

44.16.140 Refusal to testify -- Contempt
A person who, being present before either house of the legislature, or any committee or joint committee thereof, or commissioner authorized to summon witnesses, wilfully ...

44.16.150 Punishment for contempt
Any person being in contempt, as hereinbefore provided, shall be punished by fine in any sum not less than fifty dollars and not exceeding one ...

44.16.160 Warrant of imprisonment
If any fine is imposed against any person for contempt, as hereinbefore provided, he shall stand committed to the county jail of the county in ...

44.16.170 Record of proceedings
Every such committee shall keep a record of its proceedings under the provisions of this chapter, which record shall be signed by the chairman or ...