NAC455.355. Testimony; oath of witnesses; sworn evidence of certain witnesses; cross-examination, redirect examination and recross-examination.  


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  •      1. All testimony to be considered by the Commission at a hearing must be sworn testimony, except for matters of which official notice is taken or matters entered by stipulation.

         2. Before testifying at the hearing, each witness shall declare, under oath or affirmation, that the testimony the witness is to give at the hearing will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

         3. A witness from whom a party to the complaint may request any evidence of facts, but who is not an employee, agent or representative of that party to the complaint is not required to submit to the Commission in advance any prepared testimony. Any party to the complaint may request that written interrogatories, depositions, affidavits or other forms of sworn evidence from such a witness be submitted into evidence at the hearing, if the witness is otherwise made available at the hearing for cross-examination.

         4. At the hearing, each party to the complaint may cross-examine an opposing witness in accordance with NRS 233B.123. After cross-examination of the witness, redirect examination of the witness is limited to matters raised during cross-examination. After redirect examination of the witness, recross-examination of the witness is limited to matters raised during redirect examination.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R156-03, eff. 8-25-2004; A by R029-11, 2-20-2013)