§ 15-2135 — Hearings; hearing officers; determinations

§ 15-2135. Hearings; hearing officers; determinations.\n Whenever the department is empowered under the terms of title 21 of\nthis article to make a determination it may hear testimony and take\nproofs material for its information and may appoint a hearing officer by\na written appointment, for that purpose. Every hearing officer so\nappointed shall be authorized to take such testimony and hear such\nproofs as may be material to the inquiry and report the proofs and\ntestimony so taken, with his opinion as to the facts established\nthereby, to the department. The department may make such determination\nfrom the proofs and testimony taken before it or before such hearing\nofficer or from any other data which shall be satisfactory to it, and\nthe expenses of taking such testimony or proofs shall be deemed a part\nof the expense of the improvement to which it relates.\n