Ariz. Admin. Code § 14-3-108

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 21, May 24, 2024

Section R14-3-108 - Prehearing conference

A. Procedure. The Commission or presiding officer upon its own motion or upon motion of any party and upon written notice to all parties of record, may direct that a prehearing conference shall be held for the purposes of formulating or simplifying the issues, obtaining admissions of fact and of documents which will avoid unnecessary proof, arranging for the exchange of proposed exhibits or prepared expert testimony, limitation of number of witnesses and consolidation of the examination of witnesses, procedure at the hearing and such other matters which may expedite orderly conduct and disposition of the proceedings or settlements thereof.

B. Action taken. The action taken at such conference and the agreements made by the parties concerned shall be made a part of the record and, if approved by the parties, such action will control the course of subsequent proceedings, unless modified at the hearing by the presiding officer.

C. Recessing hearing for conference. In any proceeding the presiding officer, in his discretion, may call all parties together for a conference prior to the taking of testimony, or may recess the hearing for such conference, with the view of carrying out the purpose of this rule. The presiding officer shall state on the record the results of such conference.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-3-108

Former Section R14-3-108 repealed, new Section R14-3-108 adopted effective December 17, 1975 (Supp. 75-2).