N.M. Admin. Code § 13.1.5.12

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 13.1.5.12 - PREHEARING CONFERENCES, STATUS CONFERENCES, AND STATUS CHECKS

A.Purpose of prehearing conferences. The hearing officer may direct representatives for all parties to meet together or with the hearing officer present for a prehearing conference to consider any or all of the following:

(1) simplify, clarify, narrow or resolve the pending issues;

(2) stipulations and admissions of fact and of the contents and authenticity of documents;

(3) expedition of discovery and presentation of evidence, including, but not limited to, restriction on the number of exhibits and expert, economic or technical witnesses;

(4) matters of which administrative notice shall be taken; and

(5) such other matters as may aid in the orderly and expeditious disposition of the proceeding, including disclosure of the names of witnesses and the identity of documents or other physical exhibits which will be introduced in evidence in the course of the proceeding.

B.Conduct of prehearing conferences.

(1) Prehearing conferences conducted by the hearing officer may be electronically, but not stenographically, recorded. Should a party request that the recording be transcribed, that party shall pay any costs of transcription.

(2) The hearing officer may issue a written order that recites the results of the conference. Such order shall include rulings upon matters raised at the conference, together with appropriate directions to the parties. The order shall control the subsequent course of the proceeding, unless superseded by a subsequent order.

C.Status conferences.

(1) The hearing officer may require the parties to submit a written report of any conference ordered to be conducted between the parties updating the status of the proceeding in light of the conference.

(2) The hearing officer may conduct a status conference upon the request of either party or on the hearing officer's own initiative, at which time the hearing officer may require the parties, attorneys, or authorized representatives, to provide information regarding the status of a proceeding.

N.M. Admin. Code § 13.1.5.12

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXX, Issue 12, June 25, 2019, eff. 7/1/2019