§ 28-5-20.1 - Proceedings before other state administrative agencies.

SECTION 28-5-20.1

   § 28-5-20.1  Proceedings before other stateadministrative agencies. – (a) The commission shall not be precluded from investigating, taking evidence,considering claims or issuing findings on matters which could have beenpresented to any other state administrative agency, but which were not actuallypresented and decided in a contested case as defined under the AdministrativeProcedures Act, chapter 35 of title 42.

   (b) To the extent the commission is bound by findings of factand conclusions of law of another state administrative agency, the commissionshall be entitled to grant any relief authorized under this chapter inaccordance with those findings to the extent that this relief was not availableto, or within the authority of, the other agency to provide.