Effective 28 Aug 1979
236.470. Conduct of hearings — subpoenas — approval of final orders. — 1. At any public hearing all testimony taken before the council, or a hearing officer appointed by the council chairman, shall be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript so recorded shall be made available to any person upon payment of the usual charge therefor.
2. In any such hearing, any member of the council or the hearing officer shall issue in the name of the council notice of hearing and subpoenas. Subpoenas shall be issued and enforced as provided in section 536.077. The rules of discovery that apply in any civil case apply to hearings held by the council.
3. All hearings to approve, amend or repeal guidelines, standards or rules and regulations shall be held before at least four members of the council.
4. All other hearings may be held before one council member designated by the council chairman or a hearing officer who shall be a member of the Missouri bar and appointed by the council chairman. The hearing officer or council member shall preside at the hearing and hear all evidence and rule on the admissibility of evidence. The hearing officer or council member shall make recommended findings of fact and may make recommended conclusions of law to the council.
5. All final orders or determinations or other final actions by the council shall be approved in writing by at least four members of the council. Any council member approving in writing any final order or* determination or other final action, who did not attend the hearing, shall do so only after reviewing all exhibits and reading the entire transcript.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 15)
*Word "of" appears in original rolls.
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