New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3 - BANKING
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter 2 - PROCEDURAL RULES
Section 3:1-2.14 - Procedure for oral presentation
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Both applicant and objector may raise issues and present information only if same have been affirmatively raised in the application, the objection, or the comprehensive objection. All other matters will be excluded unless the hearing officer, if designated, rules otherwise, and then only for good cause shown.
(b) All studies, reports or the like may be offered only if previously submitted to the Department and the applicant or objector, as applicable, pursuant to the hearing officer's direction.
(c) The applicant and the objector shall each be permitted to make an opening statement, stating precisely what information they will present. The applicant and participants may then present witnesses, materials and data. Questions may be addressed to the applicants, objectors and witnesses after each of their presentations by the hearing officer or Department hearing panel. Witnesses shall be sworn. Cross-examination shall be permitted in contested cases in accordance with 52:14B-10.
(d) A verbatim transcript shall be made of all hearings conducted at the Department. The applicant shall arrange for a stenographer for the hearing. The applicant and objectors shall bear a pro rata share of the transcript costs for the transcripts required by the Department and all other regulatory agencies requesting same. Copies of the transcript may be obtained directly from the stenographic service that created the transcript. In the alternative, a copy of the transcript will be available for inspection at the Department's offices. Copies of the transcript shall not be made by the Department.
