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 A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 792.10406 - Filing and service of documents

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 406.
(1)
					 Pleadings and other documents are filed with the commission by filing with the
					 secretary. Except as provided in subpart E of these rules and except as
					 otherwise provided by statute or order of the commission or presiding officer,
					 the filing and service of notices, pleadings, motions, and other documents
					 required to be filed or served in a proceeding must be made
					 electronically.
(2) Unless
					 otherwise provided by rule or statute, the date of filing is the date the
					 pleading or other document is received by the commission. If filed
					 electronically, the date of filing is the date that a complete and compliant
					 document is submitted in the e-dockets system. The date of service is the date
					 it is deposited with the United States Postal Service for first-class mailing
					 or courier delivery service or is delivered in-person, unless otherwise
					 provided by the commission. If served electronically, the date of service is
					 the date the email is sent. To be considered timely, a document must be filed
					 and served by 11:59 p.m. on the due date unless that time is modified by the
					 presiding officer or the commission. Documents filed after 11:59 p.m. or after
					 the time designated by the presiding officer or the commission are considered
					 to have been filed the next business day.
(3) Confidential filings must be made in
					 accordance with the instructions on the commission's website.
(4) Filings may be removed from the e-docket
					 only after submission of a written formal request for removal to the executive
					 secretary along with a detailed explanation of the reason for requesting
					 removal. All filings are retained and destroyed in accordance with the
					 commission's approved record retention and disposal schedule.
(5) Filers must consult commission guideline
					 2014-1 for a description of documents that may be rejected for
					 filing.
(6) Except for residential
					 complaint cases addressed under
					 R 792.10441(5), a
					 party shall electronically serve on all other parties a copy of each document
					 that the party files with the commission. After notice of hearing has been
					 given in a proceeding, a party shall serve, on the assigned presiding officer
					 or, if a presiding officer has not been assigned, on the administrative law
					 manager assigned by the hearing system to the commission, a copy of each
					 document that the party files.
(7)
					 When a party has appeared by attorney, service upon the attorney is service
					 upon the party.
(8) Service on
					 municipalities must be made on supervisors of townships and on clerks of other
					 municipalities.
(9) Within 7 days
					 after a document is served, the person serving the document shall file proof of
					 service or acceptance of service by the person served or that person's
					 attorney.
(10) Not less than 7 days
					 before the date set for the initial prehearing, an applicant may file a request
					 that the commission read the record in a pending proceeding and dispense with
					 the proposal for decision. A copy of the request must be served upon the other
					 parties to the proceeding and upon the director of the regulatory affairs
					 division. Applicants are cautioned that such requests will be granted only
					 under extraordinary circumstances.