AB 855, as introduced, Brown. Courts: administrative law judges.
The Administrative Procedure Act contains provisions governing the conduct of administrative adjudication and rulemaking proceedings of state agencies.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 11502 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) All hearings of state agencies required to be
4conducted under this chapter shall be conducted bybegin insert anend insert
5 administrative lawbegin delete judgesend deletebegin insert judgeend insert on the staff of the Office of
6Administrative Hearings. This subdivision applies to a hearing
7required to be conducted under this chapter that is conducted under
8the informal hearing or emergency decision procedure provided
9in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400).
P2 1(b) The Director of the
Office of Administrative Hearings has
2power to appoint a staff of administrative law judges for the office
3as provided in Section 11370.3. Each administrative law judge
4shall have been admitted to practice law in this state for at least
5five years immediately preceding his or her appointment and shall
6possess any additional qualifications established by the State
7Personnel Board for the particular class of position involved.
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