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Indiana Code Title 4. State Offices and Administration § 4-21.5-3-28

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 28. (a) This section applies to proceedings under sections 29, 30, and 31 of this chapter.

(b) The ultimate authority or its designee shall conduct proceedings to issue a final order.  A designee may be selected in advance of the commencement of any particular proceeding for a generally described class of proceedings or may be selected for a particular proceeding.  A general designation may provide procedures for the assignment of designated individuals to particular proceedings.  The ultimate authority may designate the office of administrative law proceedings to conduct the proceedings to issue a final order as provided in IC 4-15-10.5-12.

(c) Any individual serving alone or with others in a proceeding may be disqualified for any of the reasons that an administrative law judge may be disqualified.  The procedures in section 9 of this chapter apply to the disqualification and substitution of the individual.

(d) Motions and petitions submitted by a party to the ultimate authority shall be served on each party to the proceeding and to any person described by section 5(d) of this chapter.

(e) In the conduct of its proceedings, the ultimate authority or its designee shall afford each party an opportunity to present briefs.  The ultimate authority or its designee may:

(1) afford each party an opportunity to present oral argument;

(2) have a transcript prepared, at the agency's expense, of any portion of the record of a proceeding that the ultimate authority or its designee considers necessary;

(3) exercise the powers of an administrative law judge to hear additional evidence under sections 25 and 26 of this chapter;  or

(4) allow nonparties to participate in a proceeding in accordance with section 25 of this chapter.

Sections 15 and 16 of this chapter concerning representation and interpreters apply to the proceedings of the ultimate authority or its designee.

(f) Notices and orders of the ultimate authority or its designee shall be served on all parties and all other persons who have requested notice under section 5 of this chapter.

(g) The final order of the ultimate authority or its designee must:

(1) identify any differences between the final order and the nonfinal order issued by the administrative law judge under section 27 of this chapter;

(2) include findings of fact meeting the standards of section 27 of this chapter or incorporate the findings of fact in the administrative law judge's order by express reference to the order;  and

(3) briefly explain the available procedures and time limit for seeking administrative review of the final order by another agency under section 30 of this chapter (if any is available).

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