License or permit application hearing process; public input hearings - 4 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1205

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     § 1205.  License or permit application hearing process; public
                input hearings.
        (a)  General rule.--The board's consideration and resolution
     of all license or permit applications shall be conducted in
     accordance with 2 Pa.C.S. (relating to administrative law and
     procedure) or with procedures adopted by order of the board.
     Notwithstanding the requirements of 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 504 (relating
     to hearing and record) and 505 (relating to evidence and cross-
     examination) as they relate to the conduct of oral hearings, the
     board may adopt procedures to provide parties before it with a
     documentary hearing, and the board may resolve disputed material
     facts without conducting an oral hearing where constitutionally
     permissible.
        (b)  Public input hearing requirement.--
            (1)  Prior to licensing a facility under this part, the
        board shall hold at least one public input hearing on the
        matter.
            (2)  All public input hearings relating to an application
        for a slot machine license shall be held in the municipality
        where the facility will be located and shall be organized in
        cooperation with the municipality.
            (3)  A list of all witnesses scheduled to testify at a
        public input hearing shall be made public at least seven days
        prior to the hearing. The list shall be updated at least
        three days prior to the hearing. Additional witnesses shall
        be posted on the board's Internet website as they are added
        to the list.
     (Nov. 1, 2006, P.L.1243, No.135, eff. imd.)

        2006 Amendment.  Section 19 of Act 135 provided that subsec.
     (b) shall apply to any slot machine license application filed on
     or after the effective date of section 19.

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