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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-218" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administrative Procedure Act -- Contested Cases">
  <text>The presiding officer hearing a contested case shall make a record that includes:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>all motions and pleadings;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>all documentary evidence that the agency or Office receives;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>a statement of each fact of which the agency or Office has taken official notice;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>any staff memorandum submitted to an individual who is involved in the decision making process of the contested case by an official or employee of the agency who is not authorized to participate in the decision making process;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>each question;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>each offer of proof;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>each objection and the ruling on the objection;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>each finding of fact or conclusion of law proposed by:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>a party; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>the presiding officer;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>each exception to a finding or conclusion proposed by a presiding officer; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>each intermediate proposed and final ruling by or for the agency, including each report or opinion issued in connection with the ruling.</text>
  </level>
</section>
