Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 538 - Colorado River Commission of Nevada
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION OF NEVADA
General
Section 538.195 - Presiding officers: Appointment; draft orders; review of decisions

1. The Commission may appoint one or more presiding officers to preside over and conduct hearings or other proceedings, or any portion thereof, in any matter pending before the Commission. The Commission, in its discretion, may appoint an employee of the Commission or any other person to serve as a presiding officer.

2. If the Commission appoints a presiding officer to preside over and conduct any hearing or proceeding, within 30 days after the close of all evidentiary hearings in the matter, the presiding officer shall file with the Commission a draft order that sets forth the findings and conclusions of the presiding officer and the reasons and bases for those findings and conclusions. The draft order must be served promptly on each party of record.

3. Any party of record may file comments to the draft order of a presiding officer. Any such comments must be filed with the Commission within 30 days after the issuance of the draft order.

4. Upon review of a draft order filed with the Commission by a presiding officer and any comments to the draft order filed by a party of record, the Commission may affirm or modify the draft order, in whole or in part, remand the draft order to the presiding officer for further proceedings or take any other just and reasonable action with regard to the draft order, including, without limitation, replacing the draft order with an order of the Commission.