Section 46-23-20 Administrative hearings.

RI Gen L § 46-23-20 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 46-23-20. Administrative hearings. All contested cases, all contested enforcement proceedings, and all contested administrative fines shall be heard by the administrative hearing officers, or by subcommittees as provided in § 46-23-20.1, pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the council; provided, however, that no proceeding and hearing prior to the appointment of the hearing officers shall be subject to the provisions of this section. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner of coastal resources management shall be authorized, in his or her discretion, to resolve contested licensing and enforcement proceedings through informal disposition pursuant to regulations promulgated by the council.

History of Section. (P.L. 1985, ch. 212, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 461, § 10.)