PURPOSE: This rule describes the procedures for prehearing practice in appeals to the commission.
- (1) Upon its own motion or motion of a party, the commission may set a prehearing conference. Unless excused be commission, the person who will actually handle the hearing shall attend the conference.
- (2) Parties or their attorneys shall attend prehearing conferences and be prepared to simplify issues; estimate length of hearing; and stipulate to uncontroverted facts, contents, authenticity, and the identification of exhibits.
- (3) The commission or hearing officer may make an order which recites the action taken at the conference and any agreements made by the parties as to any of the matters considered. The order shall control the subsequent course of the cause, unless later modified by the commission or hearing officer.
- (4) The location of prehearing conferences shall be as ordered by the commission or hearing officer.
- (5) Any natural person appealing his/her Appeals From Local Boards of Equalization
assessment prose may perform any action required or permitted by this rule without benefit of counsel.
Auth: section 138.430, RSMo (1994).* This rule was previously filed as 12 CSR 30-2.040. Original rule filed Dec. 13, 1983, effective March 12, 1984. Amended: Filed Nov. 4, 1993, effective July 10, 1994. Amended: Filed Aug. 23, 1995, effective Jan. 30, 1996.
*Original authority 1939, amended 1945, 1947, 19798, 1983, 1989.