Kansas Statutes 46-1015. Accusations of perjury and contempt of legislature; referral to speaker of house of representatives or president of senate; prosecution by attorney general
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 46-1015
- investigating committee: means any of the following:
(a) A standing, special or select committee of either the house of representatives or the senate, a joint committee of both houses of the legislature, or an authorized subcommittee of any such committee; or
(b) The legislative coordinating council, the legislative budget committee, the joint committee on special claims against the state, the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations, the legislative post audit committee, any special or select committee appointed by the legislative coordinating council, or any authorized subcommittee of any such committee or said council; or
(c) Any committee, commission or board created by the legislature by concurrent resolution or enactment when, as one or all of its duties, it is to perform an inquiry, study or investigation for the legislature, except that an advisory committee is not an investigating committee; or
(d) Any committee heretofore or hereafter created by law or resolution of either house of the legislature or by concurrent resolution, when all of the members of such committee, who are authorized to vote on actions of the committee, are legislators. See Kansas Statutes 46-1001
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
(a) Whenever a violation of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 46-1014 or perjury is believed to have occurred in relation to the exercise by an investigating committee of compulsory process, upon a majority vote of all of the members of such investigating committee, such fact shall be referred to the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate, except as is herein otherwise provided.
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, whenever a violation of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 46-1014 or perjury is believed to have occurred in relation to the exercise by an investigating committee of compulsory process, and such investigating committee is a subcommittee of an investigating committee, upon a majority vote of all of the members of such subcommittee, the fact of such violation shall be referred to the parent investigating committee, and upon a majority vote of all of the members of such investigating committee, such fact shall be referred to the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate.
(c) Whenever a violation of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 46-1014 or perjury is believed to have occurred in relation to the exercise by an investigating committee of compulsory process, and such investigating committee is one to which subsections (c) or (d) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 46-1004 applies, upon a majority vote of all of the members of such investigating committee, such fact shall be referred to the legislative coordinating council, and upon an affirmative vote of five of the members of the legislative coordinating council, such fact shall be referred to the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate.
(d) Whenever facts are referred under this section to the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate, such officer shall certify such facts to the attorney general, and the attorney general shall prosecute any such violation in the district court.