| | Description: | This document provides foundation for the work of the Special Investigative Committee investigating charges against Governor Rod R. Blagojovich with definitions, procedures, designation of the committees clerk, process for scheduling of hearings, procedure for issuance of subpoenas, length of notice to witnesses, intent to conduct of the hearings in public, role of presiding officer, right to counsel and submission of questions, testimony (recording; under oath; right of the Governor or his counsel to question and call witnesses), relevance and admissibility of evidence, committee record availability, unsubpoenaed persons who wish to give testimony or evidence, contempt and corresponding penalties, ex parte communications by committee members banned, and committee reports and recommendations. | |
