Statute 55-1309: Employment of consultant to advise commission.
Whenever in any contested proceeding before the commission for the
unitization and unit operation of a pool or a part of a pool, the
commission determines that the engineering, geological, or other technical
issues are such that it is in need of additional engineering, geological or
other technical evidence as an aid to a proper understanding and appraisal
of the issues and evidence, it may employ a qualified disinterested
technical consultant for that purpose. All opinions, conclusions, evidence
and testimony of such consultant shall be presented in an open hearing
subject to examination by any interested party as well as the commission.
The cost and expense of the employment of such a consultant shall be
payable out of the funds of the commission.
History: L. 1967, ch. 299, § 9; July 1.