The office of administrative hearings was established July 1, 1991, as a result of the passage of Senate Bill No. 2234 in the fifty-second legislative assembly. See S.L. 1991, ch. 637. The office must provide independent hearing officers for state agencies, boards, and commissions that are required to use independent hearing officers to conduct their hearings, and may provide independent hearing officers for other requesting state agencies, boards, and commissions, tribal governments in this state, the judicial branch, and units of local government, as well as for any agency to conduct a rulemaking hearing.
N.D. Admin Code 98-01-01-01
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 28-32-02.1, 54-57-03