§ 30-5-105 — Oil and gas conservation commission; hearings; conducted by examiners; procedures

In addition to the powers and authority, either express or
implied, granted to the Wyoming oil and gas conservation
commission by virtue of the statutes of the state of Wyoming,
the commission is hereby authorized and empowered in prescribing
its rules of order or procedure in connection with hearings or
other proceedings before the commission to provide for the
appointment of one (1) or more examiners to conduct a hearing or
hearings with respect to any matter properly coming before the
commission and to make reports and recommendations to the
commission with respect thereto. Any member of the commission,
or its staff or any other person designated by the commission
may serve as an examiner. The commission may also provide for
additional compensation to be paid to a member of the commission
appointed from the public at large or any other person
designated by the commission for services performed as an
examiner at the same rate as the at-large members of the
commission are presently compensated. The commission shall
promulgate rules and regulations with regard to hearings to be
conducted before examiners which shall provide for rehearing
before the commission, upon the request of any interested party,
of any matter heard before an examiner. The commission may enter
orders based upon the reports and recommendations of its
examiners. If such an order grants the request of an applicant,
and no objection to the granting thereof has been filed or made
before or during the hearing before the examiner, said order
shall become effective immediately. If such an order denies the
request of the applicant, in whole or in part, or if a timely
protest to the granting of an application is filed or made, said
order shall not become effective until: (a) the time prescribed
by rule for the making of a request for rehearing before the
commission has expired without any such request having been made
or (b) all interested parties have waived their right to request
a rehearing, or (c) if timely request for rehearing is made, the
commission after rehearing, shall affirm, revoke or modify such
order. After an order based upon a hearing conducted by an
examiner has become effective, it shall have the same force and
effect as if said hearing had been conducted before the members
of said commission.