NAC534A.620. Hearings informal; record; protests; preliminary procedure.

     1. Hearings before the Division must be conducted informally. A record of testimony must be taken and preserved as a part of the permanent records of the Division.

     2. The Division may require any protest to be reduced to writing and filed with the Division.

     3. Before evidence is received:

     (a) The Administrator shall make a statement of matters officially noticed;

     (b) The parties and the Division may offer preliminary materials, including pleadings necessary to present the issues to be heard, motions, rulings, notices, proof of publication and orders of the Division previously entered in the proceeding;

     (c) The Administrator shall rule on any pending motion;

     (d) The Administrator shall receive any stipulation of fact or stipulated exhibit;

     (e) The Administrator shall dispose of any preliminary matters appropriate for disposition before receiving offers of evidence; and

     (f) The Administrator shall accept statements of appearances.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Mineral Resources, eff. 11-12-85)