Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subchapter A - PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS
Section 2.9 - Prehearing Conferences
Universal Citation: 31 TX Admin Code ยง 2.9
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) When appropriate, the administrative law judge may hold a prehearing conference to resolve matters preliminary to the hearing. At the discretion of the administrative law judge, a prehearing conference may be held by telephone.
(b) A prehearing conference may be convened to address the following matters:
(1) notice or jurisdiction;
(2) scope or party status;
(3) venue;
(4) factual and legal issues;
(5) motions;
(6) issuance of subpoenas;
(7) discovery disputes;
(8) scheduling;
(9) stipulations;
(10) settlement conferences;
(11) requests for official notice;
(12) identification and exchange of
documentary evidence;
(13)
admissibility of evidence;
(14)
identification and qualification of witnesses;
(15) order of presentation; and
(16) such other matters as will promote the
orderly and prompt conduct of the hearing.
(c) At the discretion of the administrative law judge, all or part of the prehearing conference may be recorded or transcribed.
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