Sec.31-237g-58. Hearing record

(Statutory reference: 31-244a)

(a) The Board shall prepare or arrange to have prepared, by a recording susceptible to transcription, a complete hearing record of all proceedings at any hearing before the Board. Such hearing record shall be the official hearing record.

(b) Any party or witness at a hearing before the Board may prepare its own recording of such hearing provided:

(1) the Chairperson may at any time refuse to permit or may order such person to discontinue the preparation of such private record if the Chairperson deems the preparation of such private record to limit the fairness or effectiveness of the hearing on the condition that the Chairperson state on the record the Chairperson’s reasons for such order; and

(2) such private record of the hearing may not, except upon the stipulation of all parties and the consent of the Chairperson, be allowed to contravene, supplement or otherwise affect the official hearing record prepared by the Board.

(c) The Chairperson may permit limited discussions to occur off the hearing record for good cause. If the Chairperson permits any such proceedings to occur off the record, the Chairperson shall, prior to going off the record, announce such fact, including the reason therefor, and immediately upon thereafter resuming proceedings on the record the Chairperson shall summarize the essentials of such off-the-record discussions. For purposes of this section the term Chairperson shall include any person to whom the Chairperson has delegated the authority to conduct the hearing.

(Effective June 23, 1986; Amended June 3, 2021)