NAC533.240. Hearings: Testimony under oath or affirmation; panels; examination and cross-examination of witnesses.  


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  •      1. All testimony of witnesses appearing on behalf of a party must be given under oath or affirmation. For the purposes of this section, public commentary is not considered to be testimony.

         2. Unless otherwise ordered by the State Engineer, a witness may give his or her testimony as his or her own narrative or the attorney or agent of the witness may direct his or her testimony.

         3. Unless otherwise ordered by the State Engineer, witnesses may testify as a panel when appropriate.

         4. The applicant may cross-examine a protestant’s witness and a protestant may cross-examine the applicant’s witness. A protestant may not cross-examine another protestant’s witness.

         5. All witnesses may be examined by the State Engineer and the staff of the State Engineer.

     (Added to NAC by St. Engineer, eff. 2-8-95; A by R129-08, 2-11-2009)