RCW 44.16.010
Examination of witnesses—Compulsory process.
Every chair or presiding member of any committee of either the senate or house of representatives, or any joint committee of the senate or house of representatives, which, by the terms of its appointment, shall be authorized to send for persons and papers, shall have power, under the direction of such committee, to issue compulsory process for the attendance of any witness within the state whom the committee may wish to examine.
[ 2009 c 549 § 6003; 1895 c 6 § 1; RRS § 8178.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 44 - State Government—Legislative
Chapter 44.16 - Legislative Inquiry.
44.16.010 - Examination of witnesses—Compulsory process.
44.16.020 - Service of process.
44.16.030 - Chair to administer oaths.
44.16.040 - Commission to examine absent witness.
44.16.050 - Commission executed during recess.
44.16.060 - To whom directed—Interrogatories.
44.16.070 - Oath and powers of commissioner.
44.16.080 - Examination to be private.
44.16.090 - Testimony reduced to writing.
44.16.100 - Return of depositions.
44.16.110 - Fees of commissioner and witnesses.
44.16.120 - Punishment of recalcitrant witness.
44.16.130 - Failure to attend—Contempt.
44.16.140 - Refusal to testify—Contempt.
44.16.150 - Punishment for contempt.