Common use of Administrative Law Judge Clause in Contracts

Administrative Law Judge. Every hearing shall be presided over by administrative law judge(“ALJ”) on staff of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. In each case, the Personnel Officer will decide, pursuant to Government Code sections 11512 and 11517, whether the Personnel Officer will hear the case originally with the assistance of an ALJ presiding, or whether the ALJ will originally hear the case alone and provide a proposed decision to the Personnel Officer. When the Personnel Officer hears the case originally, the ALJ shall preside at the hearing, rule on the admission and exclusion of evidence, and advise the Personnel Officer on matters of law; the Personnel Officer shall exercise all other powers relating to the conduct of the hearing but may delegate any or all of them to the ALJ. When the ALJ alone hears a case, he or she shall exercise all powers relating to the conduct of the hearing. In conducting the hearing, the ALJ shall follow the evidentiary standards described in section 11513 of the Government Code.