1998 Minnesota Statutes

     14.51 Procedural rules. 

    The chief administrative law judge shall adopt rules to 
 govern:  (1) the procedural conduct of all hearings, relating to 
 both rule adoption, amendment, suspension or repeal hearings, 
 contested case hearings, and workers' compensation hearings, and 
 to govern the conduct of voluntary mediation sessions for 
 rulemaking and contested cases other than those within the 
 jurisdiction of the bureau of mediation services; and (2) the 
 review of rules adopted without a public hearing.  The 
 procedural rules shall be binding upon all agencies and shall 
 supersede any other agency procedural rules with which they may 
 be in conflict.  The procedural rules shall include in addition 
 to normal procedural matters provisions relating to the 
 procedure to be followed when the proposed final rule of an 
 agency is substantially different, as determined under section 
 14.05, subdivision 2, from that which was proposed.  The 
 procedural rules shall establish a procedure whereby the 
 proposed final rule of an agency shall be reviewed by the chief 
 administrative law judge on the issue of whether the proposed 
 final rule of the agency is substantially different than that 
 which was proposed or failure of the agency to meet the 
 requirements of chapter 14.  The rules must also provide:  (1) 
 an expedited procedure, consistent with section 14.001, clauses 
 (1) to (5), for the adoption of substantially different rules by 
 agencies; and (2) a procedure to allow an agency to receive 
 prior binding approval of its plan regarding the additional 
 notice contemplated under sections 14.101, 14.131, 14.14, 14.22, 
 and 14.23.  Upon the chief administrative law judge's own 
 initiative or upon written request of an interested party, the 
 chief administrative law judge may issue a subpoena for the 
 attendance of a witness or the production of books, papers, 
 records or other documents as are material to the matter being 
 heard.  The subpoenas shall be enforceable through the district 
 court in the district in which the subpoena is issued. 

    HIST: 1975 c 380 s 16; 1977 c 443 s 9,10; 1980 c 509 s 2; 1980 
 c 615 s 26-33; 1981 c 346 s 2-6; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 4 s 40; 1982 c 
 424 s 130; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 87; 1986 c 444; 1987 
 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 31