NRS 584.590 Investigation of prices in marketing area: Notice; hearing; record.

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1. In investigating prices in any marketing area, the Director may first make an investigation in the marketing area to establish facts necessary to permit the Director to carry out the intent of NRS 584.585 and this section within the standards prescribed in this section. In making the investigation, the Director may, upon notice, examine the books and records of distributors and the purchase of dairy products by retail stores in the marketing area and may hold one or more public hearings, take testimony and may subpoena witnesses. Any public hearing must be held in the marketing area. All testimony received at public hearings must be under oath.

2. Notice of any hearing held by the Director pursuant to NRS 584.585 and this section must be given by the Director to every distributor and retail store in the marketing area whose name appears upon the records of the Director or who files a request for the same with the Director, by mail or by publication. The notice of hearing may be effected by mail, or by publication for 5 successive days in a newspaper of general circulation in the area designated, and must specify the time and place of the hearing, which must not be held before 10 days from the mailing or from the final publication of the notice; but if no daily newspaper of general circulation is published in the area designated, publication of notice for 2 successive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the area will be considered proper publication of notice.

3. A record of any hearings held by the Director pursuant to NRS 584.585 and this section must be made and filed in the office of the Director and must be kept available at all times for inspection by any interested person.

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