Sec.46a-5-9. Fact-finding hearing procedures

Hearings are conducted in accordance with the following procedures:

1. Notice: Notice of hearings shall be published in the Connecticut Law Journal at least (15) days in advance.

2. Subpoena: The hearing examiner shall make recommendations for the issuance of subpoenas to the full Commission for approval.

Subpoenaed witnesses will be given twenty-one calendar days notice of the hearing. Witnesses may present, in writing, to the hearing examiner, reasons why they should not testify, fourteen calendar days before the factfinding hearing. Witnesses will receive an answer in writing, stating whether or not their reasons have been accepted within five working days of receipt of their reasons.

3. Reporting: The proceedings of the fact-finding hearing shall be recorded and transcribed. Within 90 days at the next following meeting, the hearing examiner shall present a report of the fact-finding hearing to the commission with recommendations for action arising from the hearing.

(Effective March 23, 1978)