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California Code of Regulations › Title 28 - Managed Health Care › Division 1 - The Department of Managed Health Care › Chapter 2 - Health Care Service Plans › Article 14 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 1300.99.7 - Application for Conversion or Restructuring

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
An application for conversion or restructuring pursuant to
					 Article 11 (commencing with Section
					 1399.70) of the Act shall be filed
					 as a Notice of Material Modification pursuant to Rule
					 1300.52.1.
1. New
					 section filed 6-20-96 as an emergency; operative 6-20-96 (Register 96, No. 25).
					 A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-18-96 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
					 day.
2. New section refiled 10-15-96 as an emergency; operative
					 10-18-96 (Register 96, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted
					 to OAL by 2-12-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on
					 the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-15-96 order
					 transmitted to OAL 2-3-97 and filed 2-24-97 (Register 97, No.
					 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						1344
						and
						1399.74,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						1352,
						1399.70,
						1399.71,
						1399.72,
						1399.73,
						1399.74
						and
						1399.75,
						Health and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 28 - Managed Health Care › Division 1 - The Department of Managed Health Care › Chapter 2 - Health Care Service Plans › Article 15 - Charitable or Public Activities › Section 1300.824 - Requirements Relating to Charitable or Public Activity Filings. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
					 Article 15 (Sections
					 1300.824-1300.826, not
					 consecutive) filed 4-16-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82,
					 No. 16).
2. Change without regulatory effect repealing Section
					 1300.824 pursuant to Section
					 100, Title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations filed 1-22-90 (Register 90, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						10824
						and
						10826,
						Corporations Code. Reference: Sections
						7238,
						10824
						and
						10826,
						Corporations Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 28 - Managed Health Care › Division 1 - The Department of Managed Health Care › Chapter 2 - Health Care Service Plans › Article 15 - Charitable or Public Activities › Section 1300.824.1 - Notices and Requests for Approval of Certain Transactions. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Change
					 without regulatory effect repealing Section
					 1300.824.1 pursuant to Section
					 100, Title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations filed 1-22-90 (register 90, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						10824,
						Corporations Code. Reference: Section
						10824,
						Corporations Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 28 - Managed Health Care › Division 1 - The Department of Managed Health Care › Chapter 2 - Health Care Service Plans › Article 15 - Charitable or Public Activities › Section 1300.826 - Request for Ruling on Proposed Action or Article Amendment. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. Change
					 without regulatory effect repealing Section
					 1300.826 pursuant to Section
					 100, Title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations filed 1-22-90 (register 90, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						10824,
						Corporations Code. Reference: Section
						10826,
						Corporations Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 28 - Managed Health Care › Division 1 - The Department of Managed Health Care › Chapter 2 - Health Care Service Plans › Article 15 - Charitable or Public Activities › Section 1384.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The adopted version of this section by
					 Register
					 2022, No. 21, effective
					 7/1/2022 is not yet
					 available.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 1h - Identity Card Issued To Persons Who Do Not Possess Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses › Section 1-1h-4 - Requirements for issuance

Current through July 10, 2024
The following requirements must be met as a prerequisite to the
				issuance of an identity card pursuant to section
				1-1h of the
				General Statutes, as amended:
(a) The
			 applicant must be a resident of Connecticut.
(b) The applicant shall make application on a
			 form provided by the commissioner of motor vehicles, shall sign the
			 application, and shall pay the fee provided in section
			 1-1h of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes. Each applicant also shall be required to provide
			 on the application his or her federal social security number or, if the
			 applicant is not eligible to be assigned such number, to provide the
			 appropriate non-eligibility statement issued by the United States Social
			 Security Administration (Form SSA L676, or similar form). If a person is unable
			 to sign the application because of a health problem or other bona fide reason,
			 a person designated by the applicant may sign for the applicant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 1h - Identity Card Issued To Persons Who Do Not Possess Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses › Section 1-1h-5 - License suspension

Current through July 10, 2024
A person whose operator's license is presently under suspension
				is eligible to make application for an identity card. The commissioner may
				require surrender of a previously issued identity card upon reinstatement of a
				person's operator's license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 1h - Identity Card Issued To Persons Who Do Not Possess Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses › Section 1-1h-6 - Duplicate identity cards

Current through July 10, 2024
A person, whose identity card has been lost, stolen or
				destroyed, may file an application for a duplicate identity card including
				payment of the statutory fee. If the application for a duplicate identity card
				is filed within a four (4) year period from issuance of the previous identity
				card, the person must submit therewith an affidavit certifying, under penalty
				of false statement, that the previous identity card was lost, stolen or
				destroyed. If the previous identity card is subsequently recovered, it shall be
				returned to the commissioner of motor vehicles within seven (7) days
				thereafter.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 1h - Identity Card Issued To Persons Who Do Not Possess Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses › Section 1-1h-7 - Content of identity card

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An identity
			 card shall include a picture of the applicant; his or her height, sex and eye
			 color; residence address, including zip code; and other information, as
			 determined by the commissioner.
(b)
			 A distinctive identity card shall be issued to an applicant less than
			 twenty-one (21) years of age.
(c)
			 An identity card shall contain a statement that it is issued subject to the
			 same verification of the identity of the applicant as required for the issuance
			 of a motor vehicle operator's license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 1h - Identity Card Issued To Persons Who Do Not Possess Motor Vehicle Operator Licenses › Section 1-1h-8 - Waiver of fee for homeless applicants

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) As used in this
			 section:
(1) "Commissioner" means the
			 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his authorized representative.
(2) "Homeless applicant" means any individual
			 who is a resident of a homeless shelter or other facility for homeless persons
			 located in the State of Connecticut.
(3) "Homeless shelter" means any shelter to
			 which operating funds are provided by the State of Connecticut Department of
			 Social Services.
(4) "Other
			 facility for homeless persons" means any non-profit group facility that is
			 sponsored by a Connecticut municipality or community organization to provide
			 shelter services.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 1j - Payment for License Fees by Credit Card, Charge Card or Debit Card › Section 1-1j-1 - Payment for license fees by credit card, charge card or debit card

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Definitions.
(1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the
			 Office of Policy and Management; and
(2) "Transaction channel" means any method by
			 which a state agency accepts an application for a license, issues a license, or
			 receives payment in return for such license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-3 - Functions

Current through July 10, 2024
The commission is generally empowered to exercise specified
				  grants of authority for the administration of statutes that provide access to
				  public records, public meetings, and other sources of public information, as
				  set forth in the Freedom of Information Act.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-4 - Official address and principal office

Current through July 10, 2024
The official address and principal office of the commission
				  shall be 18-20 Trinity Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. The commission
				  shall provide notice in the Connecticut Law Journal if its official address or
				  principal office is changed, in which case the official address or principal
				  office published in such notice shall be deemed to be the commission's official
				  address or principal office, as the case may be, until this regulation is
				  amended. Unless otherwise provided, the principal office of the commission
				  shall be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each weekday, except saturdays,
				  sundays and legal holidays.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-5 - Public information

Current through July 10, 2024
The public may inspect the public records of the commission
				  at its principal office in Hartford. There is no prescribed form for requests
				  for information. Written requests should be submitted to the commission at its
				  official address.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-6 - Administration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commission shall designate an
				executive director and general counsel who shall be the chief executive,
				administrative and legal officer of the commission. The duly authorized and
				official documents of the commission of every description shall be signed on
				behalf of the commission by the chairman, executive director or such director's
				designee. The signature of the chairman, executive director or such director's
				designee shall be presumed to be duly authorized by the commission unless and
				until the contrary is demonstrated in any commission proceeding or hearing. The
				executive director shall keep and maintain in an accessible place all the
				public records of the commission.
(b) The executive director shall designate a
				managing director and associate general counsel, and such other staff personnel
				of the commission as from time to time the executive director deems necessary.
				The managing director is authorized to exercise the powers of the executive
				director in the absence or disability of the executive director.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-7 - Clerk of the commission; acting clerks

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The executive
				director shall designate a clerk of the commission, and such acting clerks as
				may be necessary, who shall carry out such ministerial duties as the commission
				shall require to provide the assistance needed to conduct the commission's
				business pursuant to the directions of the executive director or his or her
				designee acting on behalf of the commission.
(b) The clerk and any acting clerk of the
				commission shall be empowered to sign and to certify as true and correct copies
				of records of the commission.
(c)
				Upon the direction of the executive director or his or her designee acting on
				behalf of the commission, the clerk or any acting clerk of the commission shall
				sign and issue in the name of the commission such orders to show cause,
				subpoenas, notices, and any other orders, findings, directions, forms,
				instructions and official acts of every description as shall be required for
				the performance of the duties of the commission under the law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-8 - Hearing officers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commission,
				by its executive director or his or her designee, may designate a member of the
				commission or any other person authorized by statute to be a hearing officer
				for the purpose of conducting any contested case or other proceeding the
				commission shall conduct under the freedom of information act.
(b) By such designation the hearing officer
				shall be empowered to exercise on behalf of the commission all of the authority
				to conduct a contested case, hearing, including reopening a hearing,
				investigation, or other proceeding delegated to the commission under the
				Freedom of Information Act and chapter 54 of the general statutes.
(1) The hearing officer shall convene and
				conduct all public hearings required by law within the scope of the
				commission's designation. No oral testimony or argument shall become a part of
				the record or form a basis for any finding of the hearing officer unless the
				hearing officer is present in the place where the hearing is being conducted
				and personally hears or receives the testimony and argument there
				offered.
(2) The hearing officer
				shall administer oaths, examine witnesses, receive oral and written evidence,
				rule on the admissibility of evidence, rule on the order in which the hearing
				is conducted and on all other aspects of the hearing on behalf of the
				commission. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall submit a
				proposed final decision to the commission which proposed final decision shall
				contain the hearing officer's findings of fact, conclusions of law and
				recommended order.
(3) In the event
				the hearing officer finds it necessary to subpoena witnesses to compel their
				attendance or the production of any evidence for examination, the executive
				director or other commission counsel is authorized to order on behalf of the
				commission the issuance of such subpoena as is required for the purposes of the
				hearing, investigation or other proceeding. In the case of failure to comply
				with the subpoena or to testify with respect to any matter at the hearing,
				investigation or other proceeding, the hearing officer shall report to the
				commission the need to seek enforcement of the commission's authority under
				section
				1-21j(d)
				of the general statutes. Upon the concurrence of a quorum of the commission,
				the executive director or the managing director shall be empowered to take such
				actions to enforce the subpoena or to compel testimony as may be provided by
				law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › II - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Section 1-21j-9 - Assistance to commission or presiding officer

Current through July 10, 2024
The executive director or his or her designee may assign a
				  person to provide technical assistance to the commission or any presiding
				  officer. The person so designated may act as legal and procedural advisor and
				  may perform necessary clerical functions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-11 - Procedure governed

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57,
						inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies govern practice and
						procedure before the Freedom of Information Commission except where otherwise
						provided by law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-13 - Waiver of regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
Where good cause appears, the commission or any presiding
						officer may permit deviation from sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57,
						inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, except where
						precluded by statute.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-14 - Construction and amendment

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57,
						inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall be so
						construed by the commission and any presiding officer as to secure just, speedy
						and inexpensive determination of the issues presented
						hereunder.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-15 - Computation of time

Current through July 10, 2024
Computation of any period of time referred to in sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57,
						inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies begins by first
						counting the day after the day on which the precipitating event occurs, and
						ends on the last day of the period so computed. The last day of the period is
						to be included unless it is a day on which the principal office of the
						commission is closed, in which event the period shall run until the end of the
						next following business day. If the period of time, including the intervening
						Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, is five (5) days or less, such
						Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be excluded from the computation;
						otherwise such days shall be included in the computation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-16 - Extensions of time

Current through July 10, 2024
Except as may hereinafter be provided, in the discretion
						of the commission or the presiding officer, for good cause shown any time limit
						prescribed or allowed by sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57,
						inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies may be extended.
						All requests for extensions shall be made before the expiration of the period
						originally prescribed or as previously extended.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-17 - Effect of filing, public records

Current through July 10, 2024
The filing with the commission of any complaint, petition
						for declaratory ruling, or any other petition, application, motion or request
						shall not relieve any person of the obligation to comply with any statute, or
						with any regulation or order of the commission. Any complaint, petition,
						motion, application or request filed for the purpose of securing from the
						commission relief authorized by the freedom of information act shall be part of
						the public records of the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-18 - Consolidation of proceedings

Current through July 10, 2024
The commission, presiding officer or the executive
						director or his or her designee may consolidate proceedings involving related
						questions of law or fact or involving the same parties.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-19 - Rules of conduct

Current through July 10, 2024
Commissioners and commission employees are subject to all
						applicable statutes, codes and regulations governing their conduct as state
						officials and employees.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 1 - Scope and Construction of Rules › Section 1-21j-20 - Ex parte communication

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Unless required
					 for the disposition ex parte of matters authorized by law, no commissioner or
					 hearing officer who, in a contested case, is to render a final decision or to
					 make a proposed final decision shall communicate, directly or indirectly, in
					 connection with any issue of fact with any person or party, or in connection
					 with any issue of law, with any party or the party's representative, without
					 notice and opportunity for all parties to participate.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of
					 subsection (a) of this section, a commissioner, in conformity with the Freedom
					 of Information Act, may communicate with other commissioners regarding a matter
					 pending before the commission, and commissioners or a hearing officer may
					 receive the aid and advice of employees or agents of the commission if those
					 employees or agents have not received communications prohibited by subsection
					 (a) of this section. In a contested case, this regulation shall not be
					 construed to preclude such routine communications as are necessary to permit
					 the commission staff, not assigned to render a decision or to make findings of
					 fact and conclusions of law in a contested case, to investigate facts and to
					 conduct the informal conferences that may be held pursuant to sections
					 1-21j-1 to
					 1-21j-57,
					 inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies at any time before,
					 during and after the hearing thereof.
(c) Unless required for the disposition of ex
					 parte matters authorized by law, no party or intervenor in a contested case, no
					 other agency, and no person who has a direct or indirect interest in the
					 outcome of the case, shall communicate, directly or indirectly, in connection
					 with any issue in that case, with a hearing officer or commissioner, or with
					 any employee or agent of the commission assigned to assist the hearing officer
					 or commissioners in such case, without notice and opportunity for all parties
					 to participate in the communication.
(d) The provisions of this section shall
					 apply from the date the matter pending before the commission commences as a
					 contested case, as set forth in section
					 1-21j-27
					 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, to and including the
					 effective date of the final decision.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 1-21j-22 - Date and mode of filing

Current through July 10, 2024
All papers and other recorded information governed by
						sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57
						of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, shall be deemed to have been
						filed on the date they are recorded as having been received by the commission
						at its principal office. The commission shall accept papers and other recorded
						information transmitted by electronic mail or fax to the same extent permitted
						by the rules of the superior court in civil actions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 1-21j-23 - Signatures

Current through July 10, 2024
Every complaint, application, notice, motion, petition,
						brief and memorandum shall be signed on behalf of the person filing
						same.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 1-21j-24 - Identification of communications to the commission

Current through July 10, 2024
Communications shall contain the name and address of the
						sender and an appropriate file reference to the subject of the communication.
						When the subject matter pertains to a proceeding pending before the commission,
						the title of the proceeding and the commission docket number shall be
						given.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 1-21j-25 - Number of documents to be filed in commission proceedings

Current through July 10, 2024
Except as provided in the next sentence, each person
						submitting a document to the commission in a commission proceeding shall submit
						an original and two copies. In a contested case, after the issuance of the
						transmittal of proposed final decision, each person submitting a document shall
						submit an original and the number of copies thereof indicated in the
						transmittal of proposed final decision.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 1-21j-26 - Service

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General rule.
Service of all
					 documents filed in all proceedings shall be in the same manner as permitted by
					 the superior court in civil actions.
(b)
On whom served.
Service of
					 all documents in commission proceedings shall be served by the person filing
					 the same on every party and intervenor in the proceeding and on all such
					 additional persons as the commission or presiding officer shall
					 direct.
(c)
Service by the
					 commission.
A copy of any document served by the commission, showing the
					 name and address of the person served, and the date, shall be placed in the
					 commission's records and shall be prima facie evidence of such service and the
					 date thereof.
(d)
Service of
					 briefs, memoranda, exceptions or written argument.
Unless otherwise
					 provided by these regulations, the commission or the presiding officer, all
					 briefs, memoranda of law, exceptions or other written argument shall be served
					 upon the commission on or before the Wednesday of the week immediately prior to
					 the proceeding at which the subject matter of such documents is scheduled to be
					 discussed or acted upon by the commission. For good cause shown, the commission
					 or the presiding officer may extend the time for serving any of the aforesaid
					 documents.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Commencement, Complaint, Response, Parties, Intervention and Participation › Section 1-21j-27 - Commencement of contested case

Current through July 10, 2024
A contested case shall be deemed to have commenced on the
						date the complaint is recorded as having been docketed as a contested case by
						the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Commencement, Complaint, Response, Parties, Intervention and Participation › Section 1-21j-28 - Form of complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
All complaints shall be in writing and shall include the
						following components:
(a) The
					 complainant's name, address, and telephone and fax numbers, if any.
(b) A concise statement of the relevant
					 facts, including but not limited to the items that follow:
(1) The date of the alleged violation of the
					 Freedom of Information Act.
(2) The
					 name, title, address, and telephone and fax numbers, if known, of the public
					 agency and any public agency official alleged to have denied the complainant a
					 right conferred by the Freedom of Information Act.
(3) If the complaint concerns the denial of
					 access to public records, a description of, or reference to, the requested
					 records; if the complaint concerns the denial of access to a meeting of a
					 public agency, the date of such meeting; and if a complaint seeks an expedited
					 hearing under subsection (b) of section
					 1-21j-29
					 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, a brief statement setting
					 forth the reasons why the hearing should be expedited pursuant to that
					 section.
(4) A copy of any
					 pertinent correspondence or other documents.
(5) An explanation of any unusual
					 circumstances involved in the complaint, to which the commission shall be
					 expected to direct its particular attention, including the existence of
					 emergency conditions or any request for the granting of interlocutory relief by
					 way of an interim order.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Commencement, Complaint, Response, Parties, Intervention and Participation › Section 1-21j-30 - Designation of parties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In issuing the
					 notice of hearing described in section
					 1-21j-34 of
					 the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the executive director or his or
					 her designee shall designate as a party any person known to the commission
					 whose legal rights, duties or privileges are required by statute to be
					 determined by a commission proceeding and who is required by law to be a party
					 in a commission proceeding, and any person whose participation as a party is
					 then deemed to be necessary to the proper disposition of such proceeding.
					 Subsequent to the issuance of the notice of hearing no other person before the
					 commission shall have standing as a party, and no party having been designated
					 as such shall be removed as a party, except upon the express order of the
					 commission or the presiding officer.
(b) Subsequent to the issuance of the notice
					 of hearing, the commission or the presiding officer shall grant a person status
					 as a party in a contested case if the commission or the presiding officer finds
					 that:
(1) such person has submitted a written
					 petition to the commission and served copies on all parties, at least five (5)
					 days before the date of hearing; and
(2) the petition states facts that
					 demonstrate that the petitioner's legal rights, duties or privileges shall be
					 specifically affected by the commission's decision in the contested case. The
					 five-day requirement in this subsection may be waived at any time before or
					 after commencement of the hearing by the commission or the presiding officer on
					 a showing of good cause.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Commencement, Complaint, Response, Parties, Intervention and Participation › Section 1-21j-31 - Intervenors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commission or the presiding officer
					 may grant any person status as an intervenor in a contested case if the
					 commission or the presiding officer finds that:
(1) such person has submitted a written
					 petition to the commission and served copies on all parties and intervenors, at
					 least five (5) days before the date of hearing; and
(2) the petition states facts that
					 demonstrate that the petitioner's participation is in the interests of justice
					 and shall not impair the orderly conduct of the proceeding. The five-day
					 requirement in this subsection may be waived at any time before or after
					 commencement of the hearing by the commission or the presiding officer on a
					 showing of good cause. The commission or presiding officer may define an
					 intervenor's participation in the manner set forth in subsection (d) of section
					 4-177a
					 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Commencement, Complaint, Response, Parties, Intervention and Participation › Section 1-21j-32 - Representation of parties and intervenors

Current through July 10, 2024
Each person authorized to participate in a contested case
						as a party or as an intervenor shall file a written notice of appearance with
						the clerk. Such appearance may be filed on behalf of parties and intervenors by
						an attorney, an agent, or other duly authorized representative subject to the
						rules hereinabove stated. The filing of a written appearance may be excused by
						the presiding officer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearings › Section 1-21j-33 - Place of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
Unless otherwise provided by the commission or the
						presiding officer, all hearings of the commission shall be held at Hartford at
						the principal office of the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearings › Section 1-21j-34 - Notice of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Persons
					 notified.
Except when the commission or the presiding officer shall
					 otherwise direct, the commission shall give written notice of a hearing in any
					 pending matter to all parties, to all persons who have been permitted to
					 participate as intervenors, to all persons otherwise required by statute to be
					 notified, and to such other persons as have filed with the commission their
					 written request for notice of hearing in a particular matter. Written notice
					 shall be given to such additional persons as the commission shall direct. The
					 commission or the presiding officer may give such public notice of the hearing
					 as the commission or the presiding officer, as the case may be, shall deem
					 appropriate within the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
(b)
Contents of notice.
Notice
					 of a hearing shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) a statement of the time, place and nature
					 of the hearing;
(2) a statement of
					 the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be
					 held;
(3) a reference to the
					 particular sections of the statutes and regulations involved; and
(4) a short and plain statement of the
					 matters asserted or, in lieu thereof, a copy of the complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearings › Section 1-21j-34a - Continuances or postponements of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Prior to the
					 issuance of the order and notice of hearing set forth in sections
					 1-21j-29
					 and
					 1-21j-34 of
					 the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, any party to a contested case
					 may request in writing that such case be heard at a designated time and date.
					 The executive director or his or her designee shall give due consideration to
					 such request subject to the requirements set forth in section
					 1-21i(b)
					 of the general statutes and the convenience of the commission or presiding
					 officer.
(b) After the order and
					 notice of hearing set forth in sections
					 1-21j-29
					 and
					 1-21j-34 of
					 the regulations of Connecticut state agencies have been issued, no request for
					 continuance or postponement of hearing shall be granted or permitted unless
					 such request:
(1) is in writing signed by
					 each party to the contested case, or by each such party's attorney, agent or
					 other duly authorized representative; and
(2) states as the reason for the continuance
					 or postponement that the parties are in the process of negotiating a settlement
					 or other resolution of the case and that a continuance or postponement of the
					 hearing is necessary to facilitate the successful completion of such settlement
					 or resolution.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearings › Section 1-21j-35 - General provisions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Purpose
					 of hearing.
The purpose of any hearing the commission conducts under
					 chapter 54 of the general statutes shall be to provide to all parties an
					 opportunity to present evidence and argument on all issues to be considered by
					 the commission.
(b)
Order of
					 presentation.
In hearings on complaints, applications and petitions, the
					 party that shall open and close the presentation of any part of the matter
					 shall be the complainant, applicant or petitioner, unless otherwise provided by
					 the commission or the presiding officer for good cause shown.
(c)
Limiting number of
					 witnesses.
To avoid unnecessary cumulative evidence, the commission or
					 the presiding officer may limit the number of witnesses or the time for
					 testimony upon a particular issue in the course of any hearing.
(d)
Written testimony.
The
					 commission may by order of the presiding officer permit any party to offer
					 testimony in written form. Such written testimony shall be received in evidence
					 with the same force and effect as though it were stated orally by the witness
					 who has given the evidence, provided that each such witness shall be present at
					 the hearing at which testimony is offered, shall adopt the written testimony
					 under oath, and shall be made available for cross examination as directed by
					 the presiding officer. Prior to its admission such written testimony shall be
					 subject to objections by parties.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearings › Section 1-21j-36 - Witnesses, subpoenas, and production of records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
					 commission, or any commissioner or presiding officer authorized by the
					 commission to conduct any inquiry, investigation or hearing, shall have power
					 to administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of
					 inquiry or investigation.
(b) At
					 any hearing, the commission or the presiding officer may subpoena witnesses and
					 require the production of records, documents and other evidence pertinent to
					 such inquiry. Any party may request that such process be issued. The request
					 shall be in writing and contain the following: the name and address of each
					 person upon whom such process is to be served; an adequate description of any
					 records, documents and evidence sought to be produced; and a short explanation
					 of the testimony or evidence to be offered at the hearing and its materiality
					 to the subject thereof. It shall be the sole responsibility of the party
					 requesting such process to cause it to be served in accordance with
					 law.
(c) If any person disobeys
					 such process or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any
					 pertinent question put to him by the commission or by the presiding officer or
					 to produce any records, documents or evidence pursuant thereto, the commission
					 may apply to the superior court for the Judicial District of Hartford New
					 Britain for an order requiring such person to comply with such subpoena or to
					 testify as provided by section
					 1-21j of the general
					 statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearings › Section 1-21j-38 - Filing of added exhibits and testimony

Current through July 10, 2024
After the close of evidence at the hearing, and before
						the submission of any proposed final decision by the presiding officer to the
						commission, the presiding officer may permit any party or intervenor to file
						added exhibits or written testimony, subject to the provision of such comment,
						reply and contest as due process shall require.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - Decision in a Contested Case › Section 1-21j-39 - Uncontested disposition of complaint, application or petition

Current through July 10, 2024
Unless precluded by law, where any matter is uncontested,
						a complaint, application or petition may be resolved by stipulation, agreed
						settlement, consent order, dismissal, administrative withdrawal without hearing
						or default. Upon such disposition a copy of the commission's action shall be
						served on each party.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - Decision in a Contested Case › Section 1-21j-40 - Proposed final decision in a contested case

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
					 commission shall proceed in the following manner in contested cases where a
					 majority of the commission has not heard the case or read the record. A final
					 decision shall not be adopted by the commission until a proposed final decision
					 is served upon all of the parties, and until an opportunity has been afforded
					 to each party adversely affected by the proposed final decision to file
					 exceptions, to present briefs, and to make oral argument before the commission
					 at a commission meeting. Compliance with this requirement concerning the
					 proposed final decision may be waived by a written stipulation of the
					 parties.
(b) In no event shall new
					 evidence, not admitted into evidence under sections
					 1-21j-35 to
					 1-21j-38,
					 inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, be submitted to,
					 or considered by, the commission at the commission meeting at which the
					 proposed final decision is considered. In addition, no party or intervenor
					 shall present any argument at the commission meeting at which the proposed
					 final decision is considered unless such argument has been raised (1) at the
					 hearing in the contested case; or (2) in a bill of exceptions or brief filed
					 with the commission on or before the wednesday of the week immediately prior to
					 the meeting at which the proposed final decision is scheduled to be discussed
					 and/or acted upon by the commission; or (3) in the proposed final decision
					 itself. The commission may limit the period of time for argument by serving
					 notice of such limitation upon all of the parties simultaneously with the
					 proposed final decision. For good cause shown, the commission may enlarge the
					 period of time for argument, if the request is made in writing, stating the
					 reasons therefor, and filed with the commission on or before the Wednesday of
					 the week immediately prior to the proceeding at which such proposed final
					 decision is scheduled to be discussed or acted upon by the commission. Upon the
					 request of a party or intervenor, the commission shall tape record that portion
					 of its meeting, open to the public, concerning the proposed final decision
					 concerning such party or intervenor.
(c) In the proposed final decision to be
					 served upon the parties, the commission or presiding officer shall set forth
					 such commission's or such presiding officer's summary of each issue of fact and
					 law that such commission or such presiding officer finds necessary to reach the
					 conclusions contained in the proposed final decision.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - Decision in a Contested Case › Section 1-21j-41 - Contents of the record in a contested case

Current through July 10, 2024
The record in a contested case shall include:
(1) written notices related to the
					 case;
(2) all petitions, pleadings,
					 motions and intermediate rulings;
(3) evidence received or
					 considered;
(4) questions and
					 offers of proof, objections and rulings thereon;
(5) the official transcript, if any, of
					 proceedings relating to the case, or, if not transcribed, any recording or
					 stenographic record of the proceedings;
(6) proposed final decisions and exceptions
					 thereto; and
(7) the final
					 decision. The commission or presiding officer may designate other documents or
					 portions of the commission's proceedings as part of the record in a contested
					 case. Requests to so designate other material as part of the record shall be
					 made to the commission or presiding officer at the time the final decision is
					 adopted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 1 - Provisions of General Application › 21j - Organization and Rules of Practice › III - RULES OF PRACTICE › Article 2 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 3 - Decision in a Contested Case › Section 1-21j-42 - Final decision in a contested case

Current through July 10, 2024
All final decisions and orders of the commission
						concluding a contested case shall be in writing or orally stated and shall be
						made a part of the record of such case. The commission shall serve a copy of
						its final decision on each party and intervenor in the manner required by
						sections
						1-21j-1 to
						1-21j-57,
						inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and by chapter 54
						of the general statutes.