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Rules committee authorizes limited use of oaths in investigatory hearings

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee · February 8, 2017
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Summary

The committee amended rules to let the Government Audit & Oversight Committee and the full board, by oral motion, direct the clerk to administer oaths to witnesses (excluding general public comment) so testimony in investigatory hearings can be taken under penalty of perjury.

The Rules Committee approved amendments on Feb. 8 to allow committees with investigatory authority and the full board to administer oaths to witnesses by oral motion and majority vote.

Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who introduced the amendment, said the…

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