Section 205.75  Discovery

a)          The Board shall notify all parties of the name and address of all applicants for an organization license.

b)         Each applicant shall serve on all other applicants of the same breed and the Board, on such date and time as ordered by the Board:

1)         The name and address of any witness who may be reasonably expected to testify on behalf of the party, together with a brief summary of the subject matter of each witness' anticipated testimony;

2)         All documents, reports, summaries, tables, comparisons (i.e., attendance figures, handle comparisons, purse earnings and purse distributions), and all other materials, including videotape, DVD, film, and/or computer presentations the party intends to introduce into evidence at the hearing.  The party's burden of production includes those documents the applicant reasonably expects to introduce into evidence; and 

3)         A complete copy of its application and supporting documents.

c)         Parties shall be notified, either before the hearing or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise, of any material to be noticed and/or relied upon by the Board, including any staff memoranda, staff reports, charts or data.

d)         Witnesses not identified and documents and other materials that are not timely produced may be excluded from the hearing as specified in subsection (b).

e)         No oral or written discovery beyond that specified in this Section shall be permitted.

(Source:  Added at 29 Ill. Reg. 20033, effective November 28, 2005)