Section 42.04.080. Decision-making procedures.

   (a) Except as provided in AS 42.05.171 or AS 42.06.140, when a matter comes for decision before the commission under AS 42.05, AS 42.06, or AS 42.08, the chair shall appoint a hearing panel composed of three or more members to hear, or if a hearing is not required, to otherwise consider, and decide the case. The panel shall exercise the powers of the commission with respect to the matter.
   (b) The commission shall adopt regulations that establish standards of timeliness for the types of cases that come before the commission. The commission shall establish standards based in part on degrees of complexity of the cases.

Authorities

42.05.151;42.05.171;42.06.055;42.08.230

Notes

Implemented As

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3 AAC 48.820

References

AS 42.05.151 Regulations and hearing procedures.
AS 42.05.171 Formal hearings.
AS 42.06.055 Commission decision-making procedures.
AS 42.08.230 Commission decision-making procedures.

History

(Sec. 1 ch 25 SLA 1999; am Sec. 41 ch 8 SLA 2011; am Sec. 17 ch 11 SLA 2013)