KRS 6.100: Procedure on charge.

If the offense was against the General Assembly, or a joint committee, the house in which

the charge is filed may adopt a resolution providing for an investigation. If the resolution

is concurred in by the other house, the President of the Senate shall app oint two (2) of its

members and the Speaker of the House three (3) of its members, who shall constitute a

joint committee of investigation. If the offense was against the house in which the charge

is filed or one (1) of its committees, the President or Spe aker shall appoint five (5) of its

members as a committee of investigation. The committee of investigation shall select one

(1) of its number chairman, who may summon and swear witnesses and require the

production of papers to be used as evidence. The comm ittee shall summon the accused to

appear before it and answer the charge, and, after reasonable notice to him of the time and

place of trial, shall hear testimony, and cause the testimony or its substance to be reduced

to writing, and report its conclusion s, with the testimony taken and its recommendations,

to the house in which the charge is pending, or to the Senate if the committee is a joint

committee.