RCW 44.16.030
Chair to administer oaths.
The chair or presiding member of any committee of either the senate, house of representatives, or any joint committee thereof, shall be authorized to administer oaths to all witnesses coming before such committee for examination; and all witnesses who shall testify in any proceeding provided for in this chapter, shall be under oath or affirmation.
[ 2009 c 549 § 6004; 1895 c 6 § 2; RRS § 8179.]
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.