Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Michigan Administrative Hearing System › Michigan Administrative Hearing System Uniform Hearing Rules › Part 4 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Subpart C - HEARINGS › Section R. 792.10415 - General provisions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 415.
(1) A
					 contested case proceeding must be held when required by statute and may be held
					 when the commission so directs.
(2)
					 After a proceeding has been assigned to a presiding officer, the presiding
					 officer may rule on all matters of evidence, scheduling, and motions. The
					 presiding officer shall seek to secure a timely disposition of the proceeding,
					 recognizing any applicable legislative directives.
(3) The presiding officer may conduct all or
					 part of a hearing by telephone, video-conference, or other electronic means.
					 All substantive and procedural rights apply to hearings under this
					 subrule.
(4) An oral hearing before
					 the commission must be made a matter of record. The record of the hearing in a
					 contested case must be transcribed. In all other cases, the record of the
					 hearing need not be transcribed unless a request for a transcript is made by
					 the commission, a party, or the presiding officer. A transcript must be indexed
					 to show the location of the testimony of each witness and the introduction and
					 receipt into evidence or rejection of all prepared testimony and exhibits. If
					 offered by a party, prefiled testimony may be bound into the record.
(5) Any party may request material and
					 relevant corrections of the transcript within a reasonable time after the
					 filing of each volume of the transcript. If the presiding officer does not
					 provide otherwise, any party may file with the commission, within 7 days after
					 each volume of the transcript is filed with the commission, a request for
					 correction of the transcript. Within 7 days after the filing of any request,
					 other parties may file responses in support of, or in opposition to, all or
					 part of the proposed corrections. Thereafter, the presiding officer shall,
					 either upon the record or by order served on all parties, specify the
					 corrections to be made to the transcript. Further, the commission or the
					 presiding officer may specify corrections to be made to the transcript by
					 providing 7 days' notice to all parties and providing a time for
					 responses.
(6) The commission or
					 the presiding officer, or the administrative law manager assigned by the
					 hearing system in any proceeding in which a presiding officer has not been
					 assigned, may order proceedings consolidated for hearing on any or all matters
					 at issue in the proceedings or may order the severance of proceedings or issues
					 in a proceeding if consolidation or severance will promote the just,
					 economical, and expeditious determination of the issues presented.
(7) Tape recorders and other mechanical or
					 electronic devices are permitted at an oral hearing if they are unobtrusive and
					 do not cause a witness to be intimidated or interfere with the orderly conduct
					 of the proceeding.