01- 017 C.M.R. ch. 19, § 5

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 017-19-5 - Requests for reconsideration

A person aggrieved by a decision of the Commission may petition the Commission once to reconsider that decision. A petition for reconsideration must be made in writing within 10 days after the Commission's decision and may be made for:

A. Correction of any part of the decision that the petitioner believes to be in error and not intended by the Commission, or

B. An opportunity to present new or additional evidence that was not readily available at any prior time in the proceedings,

The petition must set forth in detail the findings or conclusions to which the petitioner objects, the basis of the objections, the nature of any new or additional evidence to be offered and the nature of the relief requested. Within 30 days of receiving a complete reconsideration petition, the Commission shall decide whether to reconsider its decision. The Commission may hold a hearing if it desires to reconsider its decision.

In considering the petition, the Commission may grant the petition in full or in part. or dismiss the petition. The Commission shall provide reasonable notice to the petitioner and other parties in the proceedings.

The Commission may allow the record to be supplemented when it finds that the evidence offered is relevant and material and that an interested party seeking to supplement the record has shown due diligence in bringing the evidence to the process at the earliest possible time and the evidence could not, by the exercise of diligence, have been discovered in time to be presented earlier in the process.

01- 017 C.M.R. ch. 19, § 5