California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 5 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Chapter 2 - The Commission, the Staff, and the Advisory Review Boards
Article 8 - Ex Parte Communications
Section 10284 - Permissible Ex Parte Communications
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The following types of ex parte communications are not prohibited by these regulations and do not require any disclosure into the record:
(a) communications specifically authorized by statute and required for the disposition of an adjudicatory matter;
(b) the communication involves a matter of procedure or practice that is not in controversy;
(c) the communication is from an employee or representative of BCDC who has not served as an investigator, prosecutor, or advocate during the proceeding or in its pre-adjudicative stage and whose purpose is to assist or advise the Commission;
(d) the communication is from an employee or representative of BCDC and concerns a settlement proposal advocated by the employee or representative; and
(e) the communication is from an employee or representative of BCDC and involves a non-prosecutorial proceeding.
1. New section filed 12-27-2004; operative 1-26-2005 (Register 2004, No. 53).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) and NOTE filed 8-2-2022; operative 10-1-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(a) (Register 2022, No. 31). Transmission deadline specified in Government Code section 11346.4(b) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 11400.20 and 66632(f), Government Code; and Section 29201(e), Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 11430.20, 11430.30, 66632, 66638 and 66641.6, Government Code; and Sections 29520, 29524, 29601, 29610 and 29611, Public Resources Code.
