§576.  Change in priorities; hearings

The commissioner shall prescribe the rules of order or procedure in hearings or other proceedings to be held in relation to this emergency gas shortage allocation plan.  No change in the above listed priorities for allocation or rationing shall be accomplished by the commissioner, in the absence of a serious immediate emergency, except after a public hearing upon at least ten days' notice given in the form and manner and at a time and place prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner may in his discretion designate a member of his staff to conduct public hearings in his behalf.  Any person having an interest in the subject matter of the hearing shall be entitled to be heard.

Added by Acts 1973, Ex.Sess., No. 16, §1, emerg. eff. Dec. 8, 1973, at 9:55 A.M.