Bill Text: PA HR603 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appointing a committee and empowering it to make investigation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-26 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HR603 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR603-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3136
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 603 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, CUTLER, BAKER, D. COSTA, GRELL, GROVE, KORTZ, MILLER, SAYLOR, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER AND TRUE, JANUARY 26, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Appointing a committee and empowering it to make investigation.
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that the Judiciary
Committee is hereby authorized to investigate the conduct of the
Honorable Willis W. Berry, Jr., of the Court of Common Pleas of
Philadelphia County, and to determine whether the said Willis W.
Berry, Jr. is liable to impeachment for misbehavior in office,
and to report to the House the conclusions of the committee in
respect thereto with its appropriate recommendations; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the Judiciary Committee shall designate the
Subcommittee on Courts to take testimony, review documents or
other materials and interview witnesses for the use of the said
committee, and said subcommittee is authorized and empowered to
make recommendations to said committee. And the said
subcommittee while so employed is authorized and empowered to
send for persons and papers, to subpoena witnesses, documents,
and other materials under the hand and seal of the Subcommittee
Chairman; to administer oaths to said witnesses, to take
testimony, and to prepare and file pleadings and other legal
documents; and be it further
RESOLVED, That upon receipt of the recommendations of the
Subcommittee on Courts, the Judiciary Committee is hereby
authorized and empowered to send for persons and papers, to
subpoena witnesses, documents and other materials under the hand
and seal of the chairman; to administer oaths to said witnesses,
to take testimony, to prepare and file pleadings and other legal
documents and to employ staff; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a sergeant-at-arms, by himself or deputy,
shall serve the process of said committee and subcommittee and
execute its orders, and the said committee and subcommittee are
authorized to sit during the sessions of this House. The
expenses of this investigation shall be paid out of an
appropriate account of the Chief Clerk. However, if any staff
expenses or compensation are to be paid by the Chief Clerk, the
approval of the Bipartisan Management Committee is required.
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