(a) All hearings of an investigating committee shall be public, unless the committee, by two-thirds vote of all its members, determines that a hearing may not be open to the public in a particular instance.
(b) The chair of an investigating committee, if present and able to act, shall preside at all hearings of the committee and shall conduct the examination of witnesses or supervise examination by other members of the committee, the committee’s counsel, or members of the committee’s staff who are so authorized. In the chair’s absence or disability, the vice-chair shall serve as presiding officer. In the absence or disability of both the chair and the vice-chair, an acting chair shall be selected from among the remaining members of the committee.
(Sec. 4-4.9, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 4, Art. 4, § 4-4.9)