Minnesota Administrative Rules

7829.3000 PETITION AFTER COMMISSION DECISION.

Subpart 1.

Time for request.

A party or a person aggrieved and directly affected by a commission decision or order may file a petition for rehearing, amendment, vacation, reconsideration, or reargument within 20 days of the date the decision or order is served by the executive secretary.

Subp. 2.

Content of request.

A petition for rehearing, amendment, vacation, reconsideration, or reargument must set forth specifically the grounds relied upon or errors claimed. A request for amendment must set forth the specific amendments desired and the reasons for the amendments.

Subp. 3.

Service.

A petition for rehearing, amendment, vacation, reconsideration, or reargument, and an answer, reply, or comment, must be served on the parties and participants in the proceeding to which they relate.

Subp. 4.

Answers.

Other parties to the proceeding shall file answers to a petition for rehearing, amendment, vacation, reconsideration, or reargument within ten days of service of the petition.

Subp. 5.

Replies.

Replies are not permitted unless specifically authorized by the commission.

Subp. 6.

Commission action.

The commission shall decide a petition for rehearing, amendment, vacation, reconsideration, or reargument with or without a hearing or oral argument. The commission may vacate or stay the order, or part of the order, that is the subject of the petition, pending action on the petition.

Subp. 7.

Second petition not entertained.

A second petition for rehearing, amendment, vacation, reconsideration, or reargument of a commission decision or order by the same party or parties and upon the same grounds as a former petition that has been considered and denied, will not be entertained.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216A.05

History:

19 SR 116

Published Electronically:

August 21, 2007