1. (a) A commissioner or employee of the Commission who receives an ex parte communication that concerns a case where a determination or decision is required by law to be made only after a public hearing for interested parties shall make the ex parte communication public and part of the record of the proceeding.

2. (b) A commissioner or employee of the Commission who receives an ex parte communication that concerns the merits of a case where the commissioner's or employee's determination or decision is required by law to be made only after a public hearing for interested parties shall:

   1. (1) note the substance of an oral ex parte communication for the record; and
   2. (2) place the substance of a written ex parte communication on the record.

Added by Acts 2010, c. 37, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.