VE 3.76 HistoryHistory: CR 21-062: cr. Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22. VE 3.78VE 3.78 Service and filing of petition. VE 3.78(1)(1) The petition and other papers required to be served on a respondent may be served by mailing a copy of the paper to the respondent at the last known address of the respondent, by any procedure described in s. 801.14 (2), Stats., or by electronic transmission if agreed to by the respondent or respondent’s attorney. Service by mail is complete upon mailing. VE 3.78(2)(2) Any paper required to be filed with the department may be mailed to the department secretary’s office and, if an administrative law judge has been designated to preside in the matter, to the administrative law judge and shall be deemed filed on the date of the postmark. Materials submitted by personal service or by inter-departmental mail shall be considered filed on the date they are received at the department secretary’s office or by the administrative law judge. Papers required to be filed may instead be filed and served by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail. For materials transmitted by facsimile, the date received shall determine the date of filing. For materials transmitted by electronic mail, the filing date shall be the date that the electronic mail was sent. VE 3.78 HistoryHistory: CR 21-062: cr. Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22. VE 3.80(1)(1) An answer to a petition shall state in short and plain terms the defenses to each cause asserted and shall admit or deny the allegations upon which the complainant relies. If the respondent is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegation, the respondent shall so state and this has the effect of a denial. Denials shall fairly meet the substance of the allegations denied. The respondent shall make denials as specific denials of designated allegations or paragraphs but if the respondent intends in good faith to deny only a part or a qualification of an allegation, the respondent shall specify so much of it as true and material and shall deny only the remainder. VE 3.80(2)(2) The respondent shall set forth affirmatively in the answer any matter constituting an affirmative defense. VE 3.80(3)(3) Allegations in a petition are admitted when not denied in the answer. VE 3.80(4)(4) An answer to a petition shall be filed within 20 days from the date of service of the petition. VE 3.80 HistoryHistory: CR 21-062: cr. Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22. VE 3.82VE 3.82 Administrative law judge. VE 3.82(1)(1) Designation. The department may request DHA assign an administrative law judge to preside over any administrative injunction proceeding. VE 3.82(2)(2) Authority and duties. An administrative law judge may, on behalf of the department, do all of the following: VE 3.82(2)(a)(a) Gain permission from parties for service of all documents to be via electronic transmission, or other means if necessary. VE 3.82(2)(c)(c) Hold prehearing conferences and issue memoranda for the record, summarizing all actions taken and agreements reached. VE 3.82(2)(d)(d) Make procedural rulings and issue scheduling orders, including for motions, date, time and location of hearing, discovery, identification of witnesses and evidence for hearing, stipulations by the parties for hearing and other matters aiding in the orderly disposition of the proceedings. VE 3.82(2)(h)(h) Issue subpoenas to compel the witness attendance and document production. VE 3.82(2)(i)(i) Regulate discovery proceedings, and issue orders to compel or limit discovery. VE 3.82(2)(k)(k) Preside over hearings and regulate the course of hearings. VE 3.82(2)(m)(m) Make evidentiary rulings and receive relevant evidence.