PURPOSE: This rule states when briefs nay be filed and answered.

Each party shall be entitled to present briefs, accompanied by oral argument if the parties so choose, to the commissioner at or after the hearing, as the commissioner directs. The party requesting to present briefs shall have twenty (20) days after formal request is made to prepare and file its brief. The other parties will be given twenty (20) days to tie answer briefs. All briefs filed shall also be mailed by the filing party to all other parties. Three (3) copies of briefs must be filed with the commissioner of securities.

Auth: section 409.413, RSMo (1986).* Original rule filed Aug. 11,1978, effective Feb. It, 1979. ‘Original authority 1967.