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A. REQUEST FOR HEARING. If the recipient responds by requesting a <br />hearing, the City Administrator shall assign the case to a hearing officer <br />on the list. The City Administrator shall notify the hearing officer, the <br />recipient and the issuing officer of the assignment in writing. The hearing <br />officer shall schedule a hearing within a reasonable date of receiving the <br />notice. Any delays in holding the hearing shall be reported to the City <br />Administrator by the hearing officer. <br />B. CITATION MATERIALS. At assignment, the City Administrator shall <br />transmit a copy of the citation to the hearing officer. Within five days of <br />assignment, the issuing officer or the officer's department shall transmit <br />copies of all materials relating to the citation to the hearing officer, <br />including but not limited to: additional written reports; certificates of <br />calibration, logs, and other documentation required to support the <br />evidentiary use of speed detection equipment under Minn. Stat. 169.14; <br />relevant certificates of training for the citing officer; and any pictures <br />showing the alleged offense. The hearing officer shall transmit a copy of <br />any materials received to the recipient at the earliest opportunity but at <br />least three days in advance of the hearing. <br />C. HEARING. At the hearing, the hearing officer shall receive the testimony <br />of any witnesses, witness statements, and comments presented by the <br />person cited. The hearing officer will consider these items alongside the <br />materials submitted by the issuing officer, and may weigh the evidence <br />and make credibility determinations to the best of the hearing officer's <br />ability. The hearing officer is not required to apply the rules of evidence in <br />making determinations about the evidence presented. The issuing officer is <br />not required to attend the hearing. <br />D. DECISION, FINDINGS. After considering all of the evidence submitted, <br />the hearing officer shall determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, <br />whether the person cited did or did not violate the statute or statutes <br />identified in the citation. The hearing officer shall make written findings <br />supporting the determination and transmit them to the cited person and the <br />City Administrator within five days of closing the hearing. <br />E. PAYMENT FOLLOWING FINDING OF VIOLATION. If the hearing <br />officer finds a violation, the fine for the Designated Traffic Offense is due <br />within 30 days of the date the findings are sent to the recipient. The <br />hearing officer may not alter or reduce the fine for any offense or combine <br />multiple offenses into a single fine. Payment of fines due shall be made to <br />the City Administrator. <br />F. STANDARD CITATION ISSUED IF NO PAYMENT. If payment is not <br />made within the 30 days, the City Administrator shall request that the <br />issuing officer or the officer's department issue a standard traffic citation <br />3 <br />