California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 2 - New Motor Vehicle Board
Article 1 - Administration
Section 551.11 - Settlement Conference: Separation of Powers
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise stipulated by the parties, the administrative law judge at the settlement conference shall not preside at the hearing on the merits or in any proceeding relating to motions for temporary relief or interim orders. Nothing in this regulation shall affect or limit the provisions of Vehicle Code section 3050.4.
(b) Each party shall file a written settlement conference statement that must be received by the board no later than five business days before the settlement conference. The settlement conference statement shall contain a detailed statement of facts, a statement of issues, and a good faith settlement proposal. Unless the parties agree orally or in writing that the statements shall be submitted only to the board for use by the assigned settlement conference administrative law judge and designated "confidential", the settlement conference statement filed with the board shall be accompanied by a proof of service showing service on all other parties.
1. New
section filed 8-10-98; operative 9-9-98 (Register 98, No. 33).
2.
Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 12-31-2003 pursuant to
section 100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2004, No. 1).
3. Amendment of section heading,
redesignation of existing section as subsection (a) and new subsection (b)
filed 11-8-2005; operative 12-8-2005 (Register 2005, No. 45).
4.
Amendment of section heading and subsection (b) filed 5-18-2006; operative
6-17-2006 (Register 2006, No. 20).
5. Amendment filed 2-24-2011;
operative 3-26-2011 (Register 2011, No. 8).
Note: Authority cited: Section 3050(a), Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 3050 and 3050.4, Vehicle Code.
