(a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall prescribe the rules of procedure and for taking of evidence in all matters that may come before them.
(b) On the investigations, preparations, and hearing of cases, the commission and the department shall not be bound by the strict technical rules of pleading and evidence, but they may exercise such discretion as will facilitate their efforts to ascertain the facts bearing upon the right and justice of the matters before them.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries
Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers
Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions
Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions
§ 23-2-402. Powers of commission, commissioners, and examiners
§ 23-2-403. Evidence and pleading
§ 23-2-405. Service of process, notices, complaints, etc
§ 23-2-407. Subpoenas for witnesses — Issuance and service
§ 23-2-408. Subpoenas duces tecum
§ 23-2-409. Subpoenas — Failure to comply — Penalty
§ 23-2-410. Refusal to attend or testify — Contempt proceedings
§ 23-2-411. No person excused from testifying — Exemption from prosecution
§ 23-2-414. Witness and mileage fees
§ 23-2-415. Hearings generally
§ 23-2-416. Hearings — Separation or consolidation of complaints
§ 23-2-418. Records of proceedings and testimony
§ 23-2-421. Findings and orders of commission
§ 23-2-422. Commission orders — Rehearings
§ 23-2-423. Commission orders — Judicial review — Procedure
§ 23-2-424. Commission orders — Rehearing or judicial review — Effect on order, stocks, etc
§ 23-2-425. Appeals from department
§ 23-2-426. Amendment or rescission of commission's decisions
§ 23-2-429. Investigation, inquiry, or hearing by commissioner or examiner