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Sec. 42.04.070. Powers and duties of commission chair.

AK Stat § 42.04.070 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The chair of the commission shall

(1) employ the commission staff;

(2) establish and implement a time management system for the commission;

(3) assign the work of the commission to members and staff of the commission so that matters before the commission are resolved as expeditiously and competently as possible; when assigning a matter, the chair shall also set a date by which time the matter should be completed.

(b) The chair of the commission may appoint a hearing examiner or an administrative law judge to hear a matter that has come before the commission; a member of the commission may serve as hearing examiner or, if qualified, as an administrative law judge.

(c) The chair of the commission shall request the attorney general to participate as a party in a matter when the commission believes that it is in the public interest for the attorney general to do so.

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