On his or her own motion or at the request of the claimant or the representative for the state, which representative may in appropriate cases be the Attorney General, the Claims Commissioner or a magistrate may waive the hearing of any claim for ten thousand dollars or less and proceed upon affidavits filed by the claimant and the state agency concerned.
(1961, P.A. 476, S. 5; 559, S. 2; P.A. 75-605, S. 9, 27; P.A. 82-167, S. 4, 7; P.A. 84-264, S. 2, 5; P.A. 92-34, S. 1; P.A. 16-127, S. 10; P.A. 19-182, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-605 substituted claims commissioner for commission and changed waiver limit from $250 to $750; P.A. 82-167 amended section to allow waiver of hearing of any claim for $1,000 or less instead of the prior limit of $750 and allow waiver on motion of commissioner, claimant or the attorney general; P.A. 84-264 changed “attorney general” to “representative for the state, which representative may in appropriate cases be the attorney general”; P.A. 92-34 increased from $1,000 to $5,000 the monetary limit on claims for which the claims commissioner may waive the hearing; P.A. 16-127 added “or a magistrate” and made a technical change, effective June 9, 2016; P.A. 19-182 increased limit on claims for which the claims commissioner or a magistrate may waive hearing from $5,000 to $10,000, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to any claim filed on or after October 1, 2019.