Or. Admin. Code § 345-015-0420 - Petition for Indigent Status
(1) By
petition to the hearing officer in a contested case submitted before the time
of the prehearing conference, a party or limited party may request to be
treated as an indigent. In the petition, the petitioner shall state in detail
the facts demonstrating that the petitioner is indigent in the context of the
financial burdens associated with full participation as a party or limited
party in the contested case and the reasons why the petitioner would be
prejudiced if indigent status were not granted.
(2) "Indigent" means the person has an income
level at or below 125 percent of the United States poverty level as defined by
the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services for the person's household/family size,
unless the hearing officer makes a determination as to the person's ability to
pay for the cost to participate in the pending case based on other factors. In
making the determination as to a person's ability to pay costs to participate
in the case, the hearing officer shall consider not only the person's income,
but also the availability of any assets, including, but not limited to, cash,
stocks, bonds, and any other property that may be applied to the satisfaction
of judgments, other financial obligations the person bears, and the nature and
complexity of the case.
(3) The
hearing officer shall issue a determination on a petition for indigent status
in writing and shall state the grounds for the determination. The hearing
officer's determination is final unless the petitioner submits an appeal to the
Energy Facility Siting Council within seven days after the date of service of
the determination.
(4) The hearing
officer may excuse a person granted indigent status from such requirements of
the rules of this division as the hearing officer determines appropriate. As
determined by the hearing officer, the Council may provide for the cost of
service of pleadings and other documents, reasonable travel expenses of
witnesses and copies of the record necessary to enable a person granted
indigent status to participate fully in the contested case.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 469.470, ORS 469.370(5) & ORS 183.417(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 183.415, ORS 469.370, ORS 469.405, ORS 469.440, ORS 469.605, ORS 469.615 & ORS 469.992
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