Sec.16-1-18. Application to be an intervenor

(a) Request to participate. At any time prior to the commencement of oral testimony in any hearing on a contested case any person may request that the presiding officer permit that person to participate in the hearing as an intervenor.

(b) Contents of request. In so requesting, the proposed intervenor shall state the person's name and address and shall describe the manner in which said person is affected by the contested case. The proposed intervenor shall further state in what way and to what extent that person proposes to participate in the hearing.

(c) Designation as intervenor. The presiding officer will determine the proposed intervenor's participation in the hearing, taking into account whether or not such participation will furnish assistance to the commissioners in resolving the issues of the contested case.

(Effective December 21, 1971)