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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 20. Public Utilities And Telecommunications
Agency 5. State Corporation Commission
Chapter 405. Rules for Alternative Dispute Resolution Process
12/27/2024

20VAC5-405-90. Evidentiary hearing.

The presiding hearing examiner will conduct an evidentiary hearing including sworn witnesses, reasonable cross-examination, and a transcription of the record. The carriers will also have the opportunity to file briefs prior to the hearing examiner's adjudication. The hearing examiner shall issue an initial decision resolving the dispute within 35 calendar days of the filing of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Petition, unless the hearing examiner extends the time frame for good cause shown, recognizing that an expeditious result is in the public interest.

Statutory Authority

§ 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 5, eff. October 23, 2001.

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