KRS 278.110: Additional employees -- Documents prepared by certain contracted

persons filed in the record -- Testimony.

(1) The commission acting through the executive director may employ such clerks,

stenographers, rate experts, agents, special agents, engin eers, accountants, auditors,

inspectors, lawyers, hearing examiners, experts and other classified service

employees and the commission may contract for services of persons in a

professional or scientific capacity to make or conduct a hearing or a temporary or

special inquiry, investigation or examination as it deems necessary to carry out the

provisions of this chapter, or to perform the duties and exercise the powers

conferred by law upon the commission.

(2) (a) When the commission contracts for the servic es of a person in a professional

or scientific capacity to conduct a hearing, temporary special inquiry,

investigation, or examination, any nonprivileged final report or

recommendation prepared in fulfillment of the contract shall be filed within

the recor d for the case for which the final report or recommendation was

prepared at the same time it is provided to the commission.

(b) A contracted person who has prepared and submitted a final report or

recommendation pursuant to this subsection shall be require d to respond to

any written information requests regarding the final report or

recommendation. Additionally, the contracted person shall be available for

cross-examination as a witness in the case for which the final report or

recommendation was prepared a nd filed at any public hearing held by the

commission pursuant to the rules it has adopted.