(a) Any person or persons subpoenaed to appear as a witness before any such committee, or subcommittee, shall be entitled to compensation including travel pay, as is now provided by law in respect of witnesses subpoenaed to appear in civil cases in courts of record of this state.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 3-3-122

  • Committee: as used in this chapter , except when more particularly provided in this chapter, includes:

    (1) A committee appointed by either the house of representatives or the senate. See Tennessee Code 3-3-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Such compensation for witnesses, when certified as due and payable by the chair of any such committee, or the member or members thereof acting as such subcommittee, shall be paid by the state treasurer, upon warrants drawn by the commissioner of finance and administration, out of any funds of the state not otherwise appropriated.
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