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PROPOSED PAYMENT APPROVAL
Department(s): Human Rights and Ethics
Action: Approval of payment
Payee: Law Offices of David L. Lee
Good(s) or Service(s): Hearing Officer for Commission on Human Rights
Fiscal Impact: $5,608.17
Accounts: 002-260
Contract Number(s): N/A
Summary: The Department of Human Rights and Ethics is preparing to transfer all hearing officer/administrative law judge services to the Office of Administrative Hearings in FY2014. In closing out payments to existing Commission on Human Rights Hearing Officers for FY2013, the Department discovered an unpaid invoice from Hearing Officer David L. Lee for services rendered in June and July 2013 for $5,323.17. The Department contacted Hearing Officer David L. Lee to determine whether he has already rendered any other non-invoiced services to the Commission on Human Rights since this June-July 2013 invoice, and he estimates this sum to be no more than $285.00. Hearing Officer David L. Lee will not render any additional services for the Commission on Human Rights during FY2013, and the Department has contacted all other Commission on Human Rights Hearing Officers to ensure that anticipated FY2013 billing does not exceed $5,000.00 in aggregate for any Hearing Officer. Going forward, hearing officer/administrative law judge services will be provided to the Commission on Human Rights by the Office of Administrative Hearings in FY2014 and that will ensure that the Department does not exceed the direct payment limit of $5,000.00 for hearing officer/administrative law judge services.
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