Arizona Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES REGULATION
Chapter 3 - Corporation Commission - Rules of Practice and Procedure
Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE POWER PLANT AND TRANSMISSION LINE SITING COMMITTEE
Section R14-3-220 - Unauthorized communications

1. No person shall make or cause to be made an oral or written communication, not on the public record, concerning the substantive merits of siting hearing to member of the Siting Committee involved in the decision-making process for that siting hearing.

2. No member of the Siting Committee shall request, entertain, or consider an unauthorized communication concerning the merits of a siting hearing.

3. The provisions of this rule shall not prohibit:

1. A member of the Siting Committee who receives an oral or written offer of any communication prohibited by this rule must decline to receive such communication and will explain that the hearing is pending for determination and that all communication regarding it must be made on the public record. If unsuccessful in preventing such communications, the recipient will advise the communicator that the communication will not be considered, a brief signed statement setting forth the substance of the communication and the circumstances under which it was made, will be prepared, and the statement will be filed in the public record of the siting hearing.

2. Any person affected by an unauthorized communication will have an opportunity to rebut on the record any facts or contentions contained in the communication.

3. If a party to a contested siting hearing makes an unauthorized communication, the party may be required to show cause why its claim or interest in the siting hearing should not be dismissed, denied, disregarded, or otherwise adversely affected on account of such violation.