New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW › Chapter 1 - UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE RULES › Subchapter 9 - SCHEDULING; CLERK'S NOTICES; ADJOURNMENTS; INACTIVE LIST › Section 1:1-9.4 - Accelerated proceedings

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any party
				may apply for accelerated disposition of a case. The application shall be in
				writing, on notice to all parties, and shall include the reasons for the
				request and a statement that all parties consent to acceleration.
(b) Applications for acceleration shall be
				filed as soon as circumstances meriting such action are discovered. Whenever
				possible, applications for acceleration by a transmitting agency shall be filed
				upon transmittal of the case and applications for acceleration by any other
				party shall be filed with the pleadings in the case.
(c) Applications for acceleration shall be
				made to the Director until such time as a party has appeared before a judge in
				person, by telephone, or in writing for a motion, prehearing or hearing. The
				Director may decide the request for acceleration or may assign the motion to a
				judge for determination. If a party has appeared before a judge in person, by
				telephone, or in writing for a motion, prehearing, or hearing, applications for
				acceleration shall be made to the judge.
(d) If the transmitting agency is a party and
				the agency either requests accelerated proceedings or concurs in a request for
				acceleration, the agency will be deemed to have agreed to abide by the 15-day
				decision deadline in (e)8 below. If the transmitting agency is not a party, the
				party requesting acceleration must secure from the transmitting agency
				agreement to render its final decision within 15 days as provided in (e)8
				below.
(e) If the transmitting
				agency agrees to the 15-day decision deadline, all parties consent and the
				Director or the judge assigned to the case then finds that there is good cause
				for accelerating the proceedings, the judge shall schedule an accelerated
				hearing date and the case shall proceed in the following manner:
1. Formal discovery shall not be permitted,
				although parties may voluntarily exchange information, provided it does not
				delay the accelerated disposition of the case.
2. No mediation, prehearing conference or
				settlement conference shall be scheduled or conducted unless directed by the
				presiding judge.
3. Except for
				extraordinary circumstances establishing good cause, no adjournments shall be
				granted.
4. Prehearing motions
				shall not be permitted unless requested by the presiding judge.
5. Post-hearing submissions shall not be
				accepted except for the purpose of expressing the terms of a settlement or when
				requested by the presiding judge.
6. Initial decisions shall be issued within
				15 days after the hearing is concluded.
7. Exceptions to the initial decision must be
				filed with the agency no later than six days after the initial decision was
				mailed to the parties. No replies or cross-exceptions are permitted.
8. Final decisions shall be entered within 15
				days after receipt of the initial decision.