27-517. Hearings; reporter; fees
A. Any interested person shall, by written request, have the right to have the
commissioner call a hearing for the purpose of taking action in respect to any matter
within the jurisdiction of the commissioner. Hearings shall be held at the time and place
the commissioner directs, and any person having an interest in the subject matter of the
hearing may appear and be heard. Upon receipt of the request, the commissioner shall
promptly call a hearing, and, not more than thirty days thereafter shall take action with
regard to the matter as he deems appropriate. The request for hearing shall be
accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars.
B. The commissioner shall prescribe rules of order and procedure in hearings or
other proceedings held under this article. The commissioner shall appoint a competent
shorthand reporter to be present throughout all public hearings. The reporter shall be
sworn by the commissioner faithfully to perform the duties of a reporter. The
commissioner shall have the same control and authority over the reporter as the judge of
the superior court exercises over a court reporter, and the duties of the reporter shall,
insofar as applicable, be the same as those fixed by law for a court reporter.
C. As soon as possible following the hearing the commission shall bill the person
requesting the hearing for the total cost of publication for the notices of such hearing
and the total cost of the court reporter's fees less the original fifty dollar fee. The
requesting party shall within ten days after receipt of the billing by the commission
reimburse the commission the amount of money so billed or be subject to the penalties as
prescribed in subsection A of section 27-527. The money so collected by the commission
shall not be subject to section 27-523 but shall be deposited, pursuant to sections
35-146 and 35-147, by the commission in the fund from which the expenditure was
originally made.
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