- (a) Except as provided below or as expressly may be permitted in a particular instance, the State Highway Commission will not receive in evidence or consider as part of the record any documents, letters, or other writings submitted for consideration in connection with any proceeding after close of the hearing and may return any such documents to the sender.
- (b) Before the close of a hearing, the commission or officer may, at the request of a party or upon his or her own motion or upon agreement of the parties, require that a party furnish additional documentary evidence supplementary to the existing record within a stated period of time.
- (c) Documentary evidence thus to be furnished will not be assigned an exhibit number at the hearing, but the document will be given an exhibit number at the time of filing and the parties accordingly advised.
- (d) Unless otherwise directed by the commission or officer, the original and nine (9) copies of such submission shall be filed with the commission.