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FUJIKAWA:Yeah, this is for the Corp. Counsel. On this particular one, it <br />would be considered as one case, so they would be protected by the law, right? <br />TORIGOE:When you say one case, what do you mean by that? <br />FUJIKAWA:In other words this hearing, the hearing that they're going to be <br />doing is one case, it's not a new case coming about? <br />TORIGOE:That's correct. <br />FUJIKAWA:It's a continuous? <br />TORIGOE:It's a continuing case, right. <br />FUJIKAWA:So the law would protect them on that as far as a non- <br />Commission position? <br />TORIGOE:Well, they would be, I think what we're looking at today is <br />actually authorizing them to continue on. <br />FUJIKAWA:Okay. <br />TORIGOE:As Hearings Officers, official Hearings Officers. <br />FUJIKAWA:Okay. <br />TORIGOE:So they would be functioning under the legal authority of the <br />Commission. <br />FUJIKAWA:Great. <br />TORIGOE:And they would be making a recommendation to this <br />Commission, which then the Commission can take it up to make its final decision. And <br />we can also make sure that the parties have no objections to this if the Commission <br />wants to do this. Mr. Vitousek is here, and we can also check with the other parties <br />who are not here just to make sure that there's no objection to that. <br />GALDONES:Commissioner Kubota. <br />KUBOTA:I have a question about the procurement process. It's my <br />understanding that when non-Commissioners serve as Hearings Officers or in a panel, <br />they get compensated. Is that correct, first of all? <br />5 <br /> <br />