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Rule Title: WITNESSES AND PRE-FILED TESTIMONY
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Department: NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Chapter: WATER RIGHTS BUREAU
Subchapter: Procedural Rules for Water Rights Contested Case Hearings
 
Latest version of the adopted rule presented in Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM):

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36.12.220    WITNESSES AND PRE-FILED TESTIMONY

(1) Any party may be a witness and may present witnesses at the hearing.

(2) The hearing examiner may order anticipated direct examination testimony by experts or other witnesses be prepared in advance and submitted as pre-filed testimony in either question-and-answer or narrative format.

(3) Pre-filed testimony shall be served upon the hearing examiner and all parties as established by a schedule set by the hearing examiner. Any witness who submits pre-filed testimony must be available for cross-examination at the hearing.

(4) Evidentiary objections to such pre-filed testimony may be made by any party at any time during the hearings conducted pursuant to these rules.

(5) At the hearing, the party presenting the testimony may, if they deem it appropriate, briefly summarize the pre-filed testimony prior to the start of cross-examination. Nothing contained within the pre-filed testimony shall be deemed to foreclose any party from presenting rebuttal testimony or from presenting testimony in response to reasonably unforeseen areas without the necessity of pre-filing.

(6) At the request of a party or a witness, the hearing examiner may permit a witness to appear and provide oral testimony by means of telephonic or video participation. Such requests may only be granted if the hearing examiner determines that telephonic or video participation will not substantially prejudice the rights of any party.

(7) All oral testimony and pre-filed testimony shall be under oath or affirmation.

History: 2-4-201, 85-2-113, MCA; IMP, 2-4-611, 2-4-612, MCA; NEW, 1984 MAR p. 697, Eff. 4/27/84; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 307, Eff. 2/11/94; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2956, Eff. 12/12/14.


 

 
MAR Notices Effective From Effective To History Notes
36-22-170 12/12/2014 Current History: 2-4-201, 85-2-113, MCA; IMP, 2-4-611, 2-4-612, MCA; NEW, 1984 MAR p. 697, Eff. 4/27/84; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 307, Eff. 2/11/94; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2956, Eff. 12/12/14.
2/11/1994 12/12/2014 History: Sec. 2-4-201(2) and 85-2-113(2), MCA; IMP, Sec. 2-4-611 and 2-4-612, MCA; NEW, 1984 MAR p. 697, Eff. 4/27/84; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 307, Eff. 2/11/94.
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