SB 35

UNOFFICIAL COPY  26 RS BR 1318
1AN ACT relating to oaths.
2 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:
3Section 1. KRS 6.072 is amended to read as follows:
4 (1)    Witnesses testifying before[attending] the General Assembly,[ either house] or a[
5legislative] committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee,
6commission, or task force of the General Assembly, are entitled to the same
7privileges and immunities[,] and the same compensation[,] as witnesses in other
8civil and criminal proceedings[cases]. When summoned by the Commonwealth,
9they shall be paid out of the State Treasury.
10 (2)    Any member acting as chair[Chairmen] of a[the] committee,[committees] interim
11committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force of the
12General Assembly[Senate and House of Representatives] shall[may] administer an
13oath[all necessary oaths] to any person who appears or is called to testify before
14that[a] committee, interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee,
15commission, or task force of the General Assembly[ of either house].
16 (3)    (a)    The oath administered to each witness who testifies before a committee,
17interim committee, statutory committee, subcommittee, commission, or task
18force of the General Assembly shall follow the oath administered to a
19witness in a court of law and read as follows: "Do you swear or affirm that
20you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
21(b)    If a witness refuses to take the oath, then he or she shall not be permitted to
22testify before the committee.
23 (4)    An oath sworn during a previous committee, interim committee, statutory
24committee, subcommittee, commission, or task force meeting shall not apply to
25any future meeting of a committee, interim committee, statutory committee,
26subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly.
27 (5)    Testimony given under oath shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS
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1Chapter 523.
2 (6)    All meetings of a committee, interim committee, statutory committee,
3subcommittee, commission, or task force of the General Assembly shall be
4recorded and transcribed.
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