California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 1271

HNC § 1271 Effective Sep 29, 2022Div. 5 · Ch. 6 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The administrative law judge shall hold an initial petition management conference to set a hearing date, establish a complete petition calendar, rule on requests to intervene, and address any other timely or appropriate business presented by the parties.

(b)(1) In order to make a more effective use of hearing time in formal proceedings and to expedite the orderly conduct and disposition of the proceedings, the administrative law judge shall set a date in the complete petition calendar for at least one prehearing conference between the parties. The parties attending a prehearing conference shall consider, but not be limited to the consideration of, all of the following:

(A)Simplifying and clarifying the issues and eliminating irrelevant or immaterial issues.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 769, Sec. 16. (AB 2056) Effective September 29, 2022.