§ 28-32-36 — Agency to make record

An administrative agency shall make a record of all testimony, written statements,
documents, exhibits, and other evidence presented at any adjudicative proceeding or other
administrative proceeding heard by it. Oral testimony may be taken by a court reporter, by a
stenographer, or by use of an electronic recording device. All evidence presented at any
proceeding before the administrative agency shall be filed with the agency. A copy of the record
of any proceeding before an administrative agency, or a part thereof, must be furnished to any
party to the proceeding and to any other person allowed to participate in the proceeding, upon
written request submitted to the agency and upon payment of a uniform charge to be set by the
agency. Any fee paid to an administrative agency for the record, or a part thereof, shall be paid
into the general fund and is appropriated as a refund to the agency for the purposes of defraying
the costs of preparing the record. An agency may contract with any person or another agency to
prepare a record, or a part thereof, of any proceeding before the agency.