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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="12-113" title_number="12" title_name="Underground Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Excavation or Demolition Near Underground Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In a hearing before the Authority for an alleged violation of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all testimony shall be given under oath administered by the chair or another member of the Authority; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the proceedings shall be recorded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Authority may compel the attendance of a witness by subpoena.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Authority shall issue its decision in writing, stating the reason for its decision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A copy of the decision shall be delivered or mailed to all parties to the complaint proceedings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person aggrieved by a decision of the Authority may, within 30 days after receiving the decision, request judicial review of the decision by the circuit court.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In accordance with the judicial review and appeals process under the Administrative Procedure Act, the circuit court shall hear and determine all matters connected with the decision of the Authority for which judicial review is requested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the costs of the judicial review, including the costs of preparing a record and transcript, shall be paid by the party filing the request for judicial review.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the party filing the request for judicial review prevails, the circuit court may require that the costs of the judicial review, including the costs of preparing a record and transcript, be paid by the Authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the request for judicial review is dismissed, the circuit court shall award attorney’s fees to the Authority unless the Authority waives the award of attorney’s fees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The record of a hearing conducted under this section, including any record of testimony or evidence offered at the hearing, is not admissible in any administrative or civil proceeding involving the same subject matter or the same parties.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to judicial review of the Authority’s decision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
