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62I.22 HEARING.
    Subdivision 1. Administrative law judge. The commissioner shall forward a copy of the
petition to activate the Joint Underwriting Association with respect to a class of business to the
chief administrative law judge. The chief administrative law judge shall, within three business
days of receipt of the copy of the petition, set a hearing date, assign an administrative law judge to
hear the matter, and notify the commissioner of the hearing date and the administrative law judge
assigned to hear the matter. The hearing date must be no less than 60 days nor more than 90 days
from the date of receipt of the petition by the chief administrative law judge.
    Subd. 2. Notice. The commissioner of commerce shall publish notice of the hearing in
the State Register at least 30 days before the hearing date. The notice should be that used for
rulemaking under chapter 14. Approval by the administrative law judge of the notice prior to
publication is not required. The notice must contain a statement that anyone wishing to oppose
activation beyond 180 days for any particular class, must file a petition to intervene with the
administrative law judge at least ten days before the hearing date. If no notice to intervene is filed
for a class, then the class is activated beyond the 180-day period without further action.
    Subd. 3. Contested case; report. The hearing and all matters after the hearing are a
contested case under chapter 14. Within 45 days from the commencement of the hearing and
within 15 days of the completion of the hearing the administrative law judge shall submit a report
to the commissioner of commerce. The parties, or the administrative law judge, if the parties
cannot agree, shall adjust all time requirements under the contested case procedure to conform
with the 45-day requirement.
    Subd. 4. Decision. The commissioner shall make a decision within ten days of the receipt of
the administrative law judge's report.
    Subd. 5. Waiver or modification. If all parties to the proceeding agree, any of the
requirements of this section may be waived or modified.
    Subd. 6. Case presentation. The Department of Commerce, upon request by small
businesses, shall assist small businesses in any specific class requesting continuation of coverage
beyond the 180-day period, in coordinating the class and presenting the case in the contested
hearing.
For purposes of this subdivision, "small business" means a business entity, including farming
and other agricultural operations and its affiliates, that (1) is independently owned and operated;
(2) is not dominant in its field; and (3) employs fewer than 50 full-time employees or has gross
annual sales of less than $4,000,000.
History: 1986 c 455 s 41; 1987 c 337 s 84,85; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 22; 2003 c 21 s 12

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