Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 17 - HEARING PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED OR DANGEROUS STRUCTURES ON STATE LAND
Section 17.17 - Prehearing Conference
Universal Citation: 31 TX Admin Code ยง 17.17
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The hearing examiner may, by written notice, either on his own initiative or in response to a request by one of the parties, direct the parties or their representatives to appear before him at a specified time and place for a conference with the examiner to consider any of the following:
(1) formulation or simplification of
issues;
(2) admissions,
stipulations of fact or stipulations concerning the use of public records, or
other evidence;
(3) hearing
procedures;
(4) limitation, where
possible, of the number of witnesses; or
(5) any other matters which may aid in
shortening or simplifying the proceedings, or in the disposition of matters in
controversy.
(b) Action taken at a prehearing conference shall be recorded by the examiner, or by an official or licensed court reporter, or reduced to writing by the parties and filed as a part of the record of the proceeding.
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