Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 16 - Investigations
Section 2-1605 - Officers

(a)    An investigating committee shall have the chairman and vice chairman 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 chairman and the vice chairman are absent or unable to act.
    (c)    (1)    At a hearing of an investigating committee, the presiding officer shall be:
            (i)    the chairman of the investigating committee;
            (ii)    if the chairman is absent or otherwise unable to preside, the vice chairman; or
            (iii)    if the chairman and vice chairman 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.