Oklahoma § 17-330 - Required procedures for hearing of protests

§ 17-330. Required procedures for hearing of protests

A. In every case requiring the exercise of its adjudicative

authority pursuant to the Oklahoma Petroleum Storage Tank

Consolidation Act, the Corporation Commission shall:

1. Require that any person protesting a case shall file a

response or notice of protest at least five (5) days prior to the

scheduled hearing date. The Corporation Commission may extend the

time for filing upon a showing of exigent or extraordinary

circumstances;

2. Require that each case shall be heard within one hundred

eighty (180) days of the date of filing unless all parties actively

participating in the case agree otherwise or as otherwise provided

in this section and due to this time constraint, all Petroleum

Storage Tank Division cases, regardless of type of matter, shall be

given priority on that day's docket;

3. Provide for the issuance of subpoenas pursuant to the

provisions of Section 2004.1 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

and

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4. Provide that discovery be conducted pursuant to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Discovery Code, Sections 3224 through

3237 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. No more than two continuances shall be granted by the

Corporation Commission in any case unless the continuance is agreed

to by all of the parties actively participating in the case or as

otherwise provided in this section.

C. The Corporation Commission may grant permission to file out

of time or an extension of time or continuance contrary to the

provisions of subsections A and B of this section upon the showing

of exigent or extraordinary circumstances.

Added by Laws 1998, c. 375, § 38, emerg. eff. June 9, 1998. Amended

by Laws 2018, c. 27, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.