Arizona Administrative Code
Title 12 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 5 - STATE LAND DEPARTMENT
Article 2 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR PROTESTING AUCTIONS BEFORE THE ARIZONA STATE LAND COMMISSIONER
Section R12-5-212 - Procedure at Hearing

A. The hearing officer shall preside over the hearing and shall give all parties the opportunity to testify, respond, present evidence, argument, and witnesses, conduct examination and cross-examination, and submit rebuttal evidence. The hearing may be conducted in an informal manner and without adherence to the rules of evidence required in judicial proceedings. The hearing officer shall make rulings necessary to prevent argumentative, repetitive, or irrelevant questioning and to expedite questioning to the extent consistent with the disclosure of all relevant testimony and information.

B. If all parties agree; and if each party has an opportunity to participate in the entire proceeding, the hearing officer may conduct all or part of the hearing by telephone or other electronic means.

C. A hearing is open to the public, except if the hearing is required to be closed according to an express provision of law. The Department shall make a hearing conducted by telephone or other electronic means available to the public by the opportunity to view or listen to the tape of the hearing, and to inspect any transcript of the hearing that has been prepared and filed with the Department.

D. The hearing officer may exclude from participation or observation a person whose conduct at the hearing is disruptive or shows contempt for the proceedings.