Section 290.717 - Hearing; notice; duties of chairperson; intervention; evidence; informal proceedings; verbatim record; transcripts; expense; adjournment; conclusion; majority actions and rulings.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND BARGAINING ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 344 of 1972
290.717 Hearing; notice; duties of chairperson; intervention; evidence; informal proceedings; verbatim record; transcripts; expense; adjournment; conclusion; majority actions and rulings.
Sec. 17.
The chairperson shall call a hearing to begin within 15 days and give reasonable notice of the time, and place of the hearing. The chairperson shall preside over the hearing and shall take testimony. Upon application and for good cause shown, and upon such terms and conditions as are just, a person having a substantial interest therein may be granted leave to intervene by the committee. Any oral or documentary evidence and other data deemed relevant by the joint settlement committee may be received in evidence. The proceedings shall be informal. Technical rules of evidence shall not apply and the competency of the evidence shall not thereby be deemed impaired. A verbatim record of the proceedings shall be made and the chairperson shall arrange for the necessary recording service. Transcripts may be ordered at the expense of the party ordering them but the transcripts shall not be necessary for a decision by the committee. The expense of the proceedings, including a fee to the chairperson, established in advance by the board shall be borne equally by each of the parties to the dispute and the state. The hearing conducted by the arbitration panel may be adjourned from time to time, but, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, shall be concluded within 30 days of the time of its commencement. Its majority actions and rulings shall constitute the actions and rulings of the joint settlement committee.
History: 1972, Act 344, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 195, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1980