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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 1GENERAL LAND OFFICE
CHAPTER 17HEARING PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED OR DANGEROUS STRUCTURES ON STATE LAND
RULE §17.17Prehearing Conference

(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.


Source Note: The provisions of this §17.17 adopted to be effective April 22, 1992, 17 TexReg 2472.

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