Virginia Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Agency 50 - COMMISSION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 20 - ORGANIZATION AND REGULATIONS OF PROCEDURE › Part V - Formal Commission Reviews › Section 1VAC50-20-620 - Oral presentations by parties

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. In the course of its analysis of any issue
				  the commission may schedule oral presentations for purposes of permitting the
				  parties to amplify their submissions, to critique and to offer comment upon the
				  submissions and evidence offered by other parties, and to respond to questions
				  relative to the issue from the commission. The presentations, if scheduled,
				  shall extend for a period of time as the commission may deem
				  appropriate.
B. If oral
				  presentations are scheduled by the commission, the chair shall select,
				  subsequent to the receipt of recommendations from the parties, an appropriate
				  site for the presentations. Recommendations by the parties regarding the sites
				  should be based upon the adequacy of space for the display and movement of
				  exhibits; the adequacy of seating arrangements for the commission, its staff,
				  representatives of the parties, a court reporter, and the public; the adequacy
				  of security at the site to permit materials to be left unattended during
				  recesses; and the adequacy of the acoustical characteristics of the site to
				  facilitate communications or the availability of a public address
				  system.
C. Local governments or
				  other parties desiring to present exhibits or data requiring special equipment
				  should be prepared to provide such.
D. The commission may, where it deems
				  appropriate, consolidate two or more interlocal issues before it for purpose of
				  oral presentations.
E. The
				  commission shall, within the requirements of law, conduct the oral
				  presentations in the manner it considers best suited for reaching a decision in
				  the best interest of the parties and in the best interest of the
				  Commonwealth.
F. The chair, or
				  other member the commission designated to preside during any oral
				  presentations, may allocate time to the various parties as the chair or
				  presiding member deems appropriate. The allocation of time shall be based upon
				  the needs of the commission to review data, to examine witnesses, and to obtain
				  an understanding of the relevant factors affecting the issue under
				  review.
G. The sequence in which
				  testimony will be received by the commission during any oral presentations
				  shall be established by the chair or presiding member but shall generally be as
				  follows:
1. A brief opening statement by each
				  party, if desired;
2. Presentation
				  by the party initiating the issue before the commission;
3. Presentations by the local governments
				  immediately affected by the action proposed by the initiating party, in an
				  order established by the chair or presiding member;
4. Presentations by other parties, in an
				  order established by the chair or presiding member;
5. Rebuttal where requested by a party and
				  agreed to by the chair or presiding member.