75-10-924. Hearing date -- location -- department to act as staff. (1) Upon receipt of the department's report submitted under 75-10-922, the board shall set a date for a hearing to begin not more than 120 days after receipt of the report. A certification hearing must be conducted by the board in the county seat of the county in which the facility or the greatest portion of the facility is to be located.
     (2) Except as provided in 75-10-926, the department shall act as the staff for the board throughout the decisionmaking process and the board may request that the department present testimony or cross-examine witnesses as the board considers necessary and appropriate.

     History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 468, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 487, L. 1997.