§21-10  Conduct of hearings.  (a)  Allhearings of an investigating committee shall be public unless the committee, bytwo-thirds vote of all of its members, determines that a hearing should not beopen to the public in a particular instance.

(b)  The chairperson of an investigatingcommittee, if present and able to act, shall preside at all hearings of thecommittee and shall conduct the examination of witnesses alone or superviseexamination by other members of the committee, the committee's counsel, ormembers of the committee's staff who are so authorized.  In the chairperson'sabsence or disability, the vice-chairperson shall serve as presiding officer. The committee shall provide by its rules for the selection of a presidingofficer to act in the absence or disability of both the chairperson and thevice-chairperson.

(c)  No hearing, or part thereof, shall betelevised, filmed, or broadcast except upon approval of the committee, bymajority vote of all of its members. [L 1969, c 211, pt of §1; gen ch 1985,1993]