Each member of a hearing committee, review committee or a presiding commissioner who
is also a member of the commission shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100.00) per
day while actually sitting and serving at the public hearing, the review hearing,
or the prehearing conference. No fee shall be paid for any work done before or after
the public hearing, the review hearing, or the prehearing conference, except that
the presiding commissioner shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for
each day following the public hearing, when conducting legal research and preparing
the findings of fact, conclusions of law and order. Every member of a hearing committee
or presiding commissioner who is not also a member of the commission shall be paid
an amount commensurate with experience. Such fees shall be authorized by the director
after being requested in writing.
(3)
In the alternative, after consulting with the director, the chairperson of the commission
may appoint a hearing examiner who is a lawyer and who may or may not be a member
of the commission to conduct the public hearing. In such cases, the hearing examiner
shall have the same duties, obligations and powers as a hearing committee. A hearing
examiner who is also a member of the commission shall be paid one hundred dollars
($100.00) per day while actually sitting and serving at the public hearing and shall,
in addition thereto, be entitled to one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day, for each
day following the public hearing actually spent deciding the case and preparing the
findings of fact, conclusions of law and order. Every hearing examiner who is not
also a member of the commission shall be paid an amount commensurate with experience.
(q)
Subpoenas.
(1)