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Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 80. State Commission For Human Rights

Section 120. Hearing.

AS 18.80.120. Hearing.

(a) If the informal efforts to eliminate the alleged discrimination are unsuccessful, the executive director shall inform the commission of the failure, and the commission shall provide the respondent and the complainant with notice of the failure and shall serve written notice, together with a copy of the complaint, requiring the person, employer, labor organization, or employment agency charged in the complaint to answer the allegations of the complaint at a hearing before the commission. The hearing shall be held by the commission at the commission office unless a party requests a change of venue for good cause shown, and the commission grants the request. The case in support of the complaint shall be presented before the commission by the executive director or a designee who shall be a bona fide resident of the state. The person charged in the complaint may file a written answer to the complaint and may appear at the hearing in person or otherwise, with or without counsel, and submit testimony. The executive director has the power reasonably and fairly to amend the complaint, and the person charged has the power reasonably and fairly to amend the answer. The commission is not bound by the strict rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity. The testimony taken at the hearing shall be under oath and shall be recorded.

(b) The commission shall request the chief administrative law judge (AS 44.64.020 ) to appoint an administrative law judge employed or retained by the office of administrative hearings to preside at a hearing conducted under this section. AS 44.64.060 and 44.64.070 do not apply to the hearing.

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