Subdivision 1.Board decision.

(a) At each meeting, the board must render a decision on each clemency application considered at the meeting or continue the matter to a future board meeting. If the board continues consideration of an application, the commission must notify the applicant in writing and explain why the matter was continued.

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(b) If the commission recommends no hearing and denial of an application and no board member requests a hearing on the application, it is presumed that the board concurs with the commission’s recommendation and that the application has been considered and denied on the merits.

Subd. 2.Notifying applicant.

The commission must notify the applicant in writing of the board’s decision to grant or deny clemency no later than 14 calendar days from the date of the board’s decision.