Pennsylvania Code › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part II - General Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure › Chapter 35 - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS › Subchapter G - PROPOSED REPORTS › PROPOSED REPORTS GENERALLY › Section 35.204 - Oral argument before presiding officer

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) If, in the opinion of the presiding
					 officer in a proceeding subject to §
											35.202 (relating to proceedings in
					 which proposed reports are prepared), time permits and the nature of the
					 proceedings, the complexity or importance of the issues of fact or law
					 involved, and the public interest warrant, the presiding officer may, either of
					 his own motion or at the request of a party or staff counsel at or before the
					 close of the taking of testimony, allow and fix a time for the pre-sentation of
					 oral argument, imposing the limits of time on the argument as he deems
					 appropriate. Such argument shall be transcribed and bound with the transcript
					 of testimony.
(b) In oral argument
					 there may be presented proposed findings and conclusions and, if desired, the
					 reasons therefor, and the proposed forms of order or regulation as may be
					 deemed requisite in view of the facts, the law, and the public
					 interest.
This section cited in 1 Pa. Code §
													35.202 (relating to proceedings in
						  which proposed reports are prepared); 4 Pa. Code §
													607a.20 (relating to proposed
						  decision and order); 12 Pa. Code §
													11.14 (relating to presiding
						  officer); 22 Pa. Code §
													351.1 (relating to purpose and
						  scope); 25 Pa. Code §
													1021.132 (relating to oral argument
						  after hearing); 31 Pa. Code §
													56.1 (relating to applicability of
						  general rules); 31 Pa. Code §
													56.2 (relating to adjudication
						  procedure); 34 Pa. Code §
													3a.9 (relating to suspension or
						  revocation of Pennsylvania inspector commission); 34 Pa. Code §
													111.17 (relating to oral argument);
						  34 Pa. Code §
													111.18 (relating to decisions of
						  the Board); 34 Pa. Code §
													131.60 (relating to resolution
						  hearings); 34 Pa. Code §
													131.102 (relating to oral
						  argument); 34 Pa. Code §
													131.111 (relating to decisions of
						  judges); 34 Pa. Code §
													401.14 (relating to decertification
						  or refusal to certify); 34 Pa. Code §
													501.8 (relating to
						  hearings/appeals); 37 Pa. Code §
													21.61 (relating to hearing
						  examiner's recommendation); 52 Pa. Code §
													5.531 (relating to certification of
						  record without decision); 52 Pa. Code §
													5.532 (relating to oral argument
						  before presiding officer); 52 Pa. Code §
													1005.202 (relating to certification
						  of record without decision); 52 Pa. Code §
													1005.204 (relating to briefs and
						  oral argument before presiding officer); 55 Pa. Code §
													41.191 (relating to determinations
						  and recommendations by the Bureau); 58 Pa. Code §
													51.27 (relating to hearings); 58
						  Pa. Code §
													51.107 (relating to hearings); 58
						  Pa. Code §
													494a.4 (relating to report or
						  recommendation of the presiding officer); 61 Pa. Code §
													703.5 (relating to other
						  submissions); and 67 Pa. Code §
													491.11 (relating to proposed
						  report).