Evidence rules inapplicable at hearings--Cross - examination--Burden of proof--Preservation of testimony

The Commission of Human Rights is not bound by the strict rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity but the right of cross - examination shall be preserved. The charging party bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence the allegations in his charge. The testimony taken at a hearing shall be under oath, electronically recorded, or stenographically reported, or both by a commission agent, and transcribed, if ordered by the commission. Source: SL 1972, ch 11 , § 11 (11); SL 1975, ch 166 , § 1; SL 1981, ch 166 , § 13.