5VAC5-20-60. Commission staff.
The commissioners and hearing examiners shall be free at all times to confer with any member of the commission staff. However, no facts or legal arguments likely to influence a pending formal proceeding and not of record in that proceeding shall be furnished ex parte to any commissioner or hearing examiner by any member of the commission staff.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 12.1-25 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 17, Issue 18, eff. June 1, 2001.
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