2007 Minnesota Statutes

14.50 HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE.
All hearings of state agencies required to be conducted under this chapter shall be conducted
by an administrative law judge assigned by the chief administrative law judge or by a workers'
compensation judge assigned by the chief administrative law judge as provided in section 14.48.
All hearings required to be conducted under chapter 176 shall be conducted by a compensation
judge assigned by the chief administrative law judge or by an administrative law judge assigned
by the chief administrative law judge as provided in section 14.48. In assigning administrative law
judges or compensation judges to conduct such hearings, the chief administrative law judge shall
attempt to utilize personnel having expertise in the subject to be dealt with in the hearing. It shall
be the duty of the judge to: (1) advise an agency as to the location at which and time during which
a hearing should be held so as to allow for participation by all affected interests; (2) conduct only
hearings for which proper notice has been given; (3) see to it that all hearings are conducted in a
fair and impartial manner. Except in the case of workers' compensation hearings involving claims
for compensation it shall also be the duty of the judge to make a report on each proposed agency
action in which the administrative law judge functioned in an official capacity, stating findings
of fact and conclusions and recommendations, taking notice of the degree to which the agency
has (i) documented its statutory authority to take the proposed action, (ii) fulfilled all relevant
procedural requirements of law or rule, and (iii) in rulemaking proceedings, demonstrated the
need for and reasonableness of its proposed action with an affirmative presentation of facts.
History: 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; 1986 c 444; 2000 c
355 s 2; 2005 c 16 s 2