| (a) If the notice of hearing was mailed to or personally
served on a party at least 30 days prior to the hearing in a contested
case, the respondent shall file with both the Securities Commissioner
and SOAH, and also serve the Staff with, a written answer or other
responsive pleading to the matters asserted in the notice of hearing
no later than the 20th day after the date the notice was mailed to
or personally served on the respondent.
(b) In all other circumstances, no answer need be filed,
and all allegations will be deemed to be denied by the party if the
party attends the hearing. At the time of such hearing the Administrative
Law Judge shall, on motion of the Staff or on its own motion, inquire
of a party which, if any, of the matters pled in the notice are contested
by the party.
(c) A general denial of matters pled by the Staff shall
be sufficient to put the same in issue. When the respondent has pled
a general denial, and the Staff afterward amends its pleadings, the
general denial shall be presumed to extend to all matters subsequently
alleged by the Staff.
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