Section 1240-05-03-.07 - FILING AND SERVICE OF PLEADINGS AND OTHER MATERIALS(1) All pleadings and any other materials required to be filed by a time certain following the filing of an appeal shall be filed by delivering such materials in person or by any other manner, including by mail, provided they are actually received by the Administrative Procedures Division or the Department within the required time period.(2) Upon the involvement of the Administrative Procedures Division in any contested case, all pleadings and other materials required to be filed or submitted prior to the contested case hearing shall be filed with the designated office, where they will be stamped with the date of their receipt.(3) Petitions for appeal of an Initial Order and for reconsideration or stay of an Initial or Final Order may be filed with the Department or the Administrative Procedures Division, as designated in the order.(4) Discovery materials that are not actually introduced as evidence need not be filed, except as provided at rule 1240-5-6-.04.(5) Copies of any and all materials filed with the Department or the Administrative Procedures Division in a contested case shall also be served upon all parties, or upon their counsel, and shall contain a statement indicating that copies have been served upon all parties. Service may be by mail or equivalent carrier or by hand delivery.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-05-03-.07
Original rule filed February 26, 2007; effective May 12, 2007.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-311, 71-1-105(12) and 71-1-111.