Citation; service; hearing The petition, with a citation attached, signed by the Chair or one of the other members of the Commission, or its clerk, shall require the petitionee to appear at a certain time and place within not less than 10 days after the date of the citation. The citation, with the petition, shall be served on the petitionee like a summons, not less than six days before the date the petitionee is required to appear. At the required time and place, the Commission shall hear the parties and their witnesses and any other evidence as they may offer and determine the facts and make an order and decree as the law and justice require, which shall be final unless appealed from. The Commission may adjourn the hearing from time to time and to another place in the county and may adjourn it elsewhere if the parties consent. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 180, § 7; 2023, No. 85 (Adj. Sess.), § 401, eff. July 1, 2024.)
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