Common use of Official Notice Clause in Contracts

Official Notice. In reaching a decision, the Hearing Committee may take official notice, either before or after submission of the matter for decision, of any generally accepted technical or scientific matter relating to the issues under consideration and of any facts that may be judicially noted by the courts of the state where the hearing is held. Parties present at the hearing must be informed of the matters to be noticed, and those matters must be noted in the hearing record. Any party shall be given opportunity, on timely request, to request that a matter be officially noticed and to refute any officially noticed matter by evidence or by written or oral presentation of authority, in a manner to be determined by the Hearing Committee.

Official Notice. In reaching a decision, the Hearing Committee may take official notice, either before or after submission of the matter for decision, of any generally accepted technical or scientific matter relating to the issues under consideration and of any facts that may be judicially noted by the courts of the state where the hearing is held. Parties present at the hearing must be informed of the matters to be noticed, and those matters must be noted in the hearing record. Any party shall be given opportunity, on timely request, to request that a matter be officially noticed and to refute any officially noticed matter by evidence or by written or oral presentation of authority, in a manner to be determined by the Hearing Committee. Burden of Proof The body (or bodies) whose adverse action or recommendation prompted the right to a hearing has the burden of proof.

Official Notice. In reaching a decision, the Hearing Committee may take official notice, either before or after submission of the matter for decision, of any generally accepted technical or scientific matter relating to the th e issues under consideration and of any facts that may be judicially noted by the courts of the state where the hearing is held. Parties present at the hearing must be informed of the matters to be noticed, and those matters must be noted in the hearing record. Any party shall be given opportunity, on timely request, to request that a matter be officially noticed and to refute any officially noticed matter by evidence or by written or oral presentation of authority, in a manner to be determined by the Hearing Committee. Burden of Proof The body (or bodies) whose adverse action or recommendation prompted the right to a hearing has the burden of proof.