HB526 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Joseph C. Mitchell
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Legislative standing committees, granted subpoena powers, authority to administer oaths, immunity, penalty
Description: Existing law does not provide for a comprehensive method for legislative committees to subpoena witnesses and documents.
This bill would provide standing committees of the House of Representatives and standing committees of the Senate with the authority to subpoena witnesses to testify before the committees and to subpoena documents as needed to conduct the business of the respective committee.
This bill would further provide for enforcement by the circuit court regarding persons failing to properly respond to a legislative subpoena.
This bill would provide for payment of certain expenses of witnesses.
Subjects: Legislature

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Internal Affairs