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Kansas House select committee adopts organizational rules, sets March 1 deadline for witnesses in Ford Carr complaint
Summary
At an organizational meeting, the Kansas House select investigative committee reviewed applicable rules, heard legal guidance from Revisor Gordon Self, and directed parties in the complaint involving Representative Ford Carr to submit witness lists and evidence by 5 p.m. Monday, March 1.
The Kansas House select investigative committee convened its initial organizational meeting and directed the parties in a complaint lodged against Representative Ford Carr to submit witness lists and copies of documentary evidence by 5 p.m. Monday, March 1, the chair said.
The committee’s purpose at the session was organizational: to review the rules that will guide its proceedings, hear legal guidance from Revisor Gordon Self, and set next steps rather than discuss the substance of the complaint. "We will not be discussing the substance of the complaint or possible defenses," the chair said, adding that the committee would insist on decorum.
Gordon Self, the legislature's revisor and the committee’s legal counsel, told members the Kansas Constitution gives each house authority over disciplining its members and cited the relevant House rules. "The Kansas Constitution makes it very clear ... that…
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