Kan. Admin. Regs. § 19-7-3

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024

Section 19-7-3 - Pre-hearing conference

(a) General. In order to facilitate the hearing procedure, conferences may be held with the petitioners or between the parties with the approval or at the direction of the presiding member. The meetings are to be held before the presiding member as time and the nature of the proceeding permit. At any such conference, the following may be considered:

(1) The simplification of the issues.

(2) The exchange and acceptance of service of exhibits proposed to be offered into evidence.

(3) The admission or stipulations of facts not remaining in dispute.

(4) The authenticity of documents which might properly shorten the hearing.

(5) The limitation of the number of witnesses.

(6) The discovery or production of evidence.

(7) Such other matters as may properly be dealt with to aid in expediting the orderly conduct and disposition of the proceeding.

(b) Failure of a participant to attend such conference, after being served with due notice of the time and place thereof, shall constitute a waiver of all objections to the agreements reached, if any, and any order or ruling made at the pre-hearing conference.

(c) Authority of presiding member. The presiding member at any conference may dispose of by ruling, without the consent of the petitioners or parties, any procedural matters which the presiding member is authorized to rule on, and which it appears may appropriately and usefully be disposed of at that stage. The rulings of the presiding member made at the conference shall control the subsequent course of the hearing, unless modified by the hearing commissioners.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 19-7-3

Authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 25-4119a, 46-253; effective, E-76-52, Oct. 24, 1975; effective, E-77-20, May 1, 1976; effective Feb. 15, 1977; amended May 1, 1980.