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  • (1) "Issuer" means a person authorized to issue a subpoena by this chapter.
  • (2) "Legislative body" means:
    • (a) the Legislature;
    • (b) the House or Senate; or
    • (c) any committee or subcommittee of the Legislature, the House, or the Senate.
  • (3) "Legislative office" means the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the Office of the Legislative Auditor General.
  • (4) "Legislative staff member" means an employee or independent contractor of a legislative office.
  • (5) "Legislative subpoena" means a subpoena issued by an issuer on behalf of a legislative body or legislative office and includes:
    • (a) a subpoena requiring a person to appear and testify at a time and place designated in the subpoena;
    • (b) a subpoena requiring a person to:
      • (i) appear and testify at a time and place designated in the subpoena; and
      • (ii) produce accounts, books, papers, documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things designated in the subpoena; and
    • (c) a subpoena requiring a person to produce accounts, books, papers, documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things designated in the subpoena at a time and place designated in the subpoena.
  • (6) "Special investigative committee" is as defined in Subsection 36-12-9(1).





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