La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § VII-329

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section VII-329 - Regulation XII - Participation in Hearing by Video Conference

A. To the extent practicable and if the parties do not object, the commissioner may authorize the use of teleconference, video link, or other visual remote communications technology to conduct all or any portion of any hearing authorized by the provisions of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder; unless prohibited by law.

B. Prior to authorizing the use of teleconference, video link, or other visual remote communications technology for the conducting of any hearing, the commissioner shall provide the permittee with written notice of his intent to do so. The notice shall be sent by certified mail to the permittee at the address of his place of business as given in his application for the permit and shall be sent not less than ten nor more than thirty calendar days from the scheduled hearing date. When so addressed and mailed, the notice shall be conclusively presumed to have been received by the permittee.

C. Any party objecting to the commissioner's authorization of the use of teleconference, video link, or other visual remote communications technology to conduct all or any portion of any authorized hearing shall provide the commissioner with written notification of the objection at least five days prior to the scheduled hearing date. Upon receipt of any objection, the commissioner shall not allow the use of teleconference, video link, or other visual remote communications technology to conduct any portion of the hearing for which a proper objection was raised. Failure of a permittee to object in writing within at least five calendar days prior to the scheduled hearing date shall conclusively constitute a waiver of any objections.

D. Any use of teleconference, video link, or other visual remote communications technology for the conducting of any hearing shall be done in real-time.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § VII-329

Promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Revenue, Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, LR 38:1285 (May 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 99.1, 296.1, and 919.1 and Act 88 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.