                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FINAL DECISIONS; COSTS OF HEARING EXAMINER (§ 10.1-1181.4)

A. Any final order or decision rendered pursuant to this article shall be
reduced to writing and shall contain the explicit findings of fact and
conclusions of law upon which the decision is based. Certified copies of the
written decision shall be delivered or mailed by certified mail to the parties
affected by the decision.

B. If any final agency case decision is rendered following a hearing conducted
in accordance with &#xA7; 2.2-4020 presided over by a hearing officer, the
officer shall be paid by the State Forester if the owner or operator is the
prevailing party, or by the owner or operator if the State Forester is the
prevailing party. The findings of the hearing officer shall specify which party
prevailed in the hearing.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 948.