1. (a) If a person timely files, the person may apply to intervene in a proceeding before the Commission.

2. (b) The Commission shall grant leave to intervene unless the Commission concludes that:

   1. (1) the parties to the proceeding adequately represent the interest of the person seeking to intervene; or
   2. (2) the issues that the person seeks to raise are irrelevant or immaterial.

3. (c)

   1. (1) An intervenor has all the rights of a party to a proceeding.
   2. (2) In a proceeding before the Commission, an individual who is an intervenor may represent himself or herself.

Added by Acts 1998, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998.

Formerly Art. 78, § 82B.