California · Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC

HNC §1274: Except as otherwise permitted with respect to the executive director’s responses to bench requests pursuant to Section 1273, members of the board and board staff shall not engage in ex parte communica

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Board members and staff cannot communicate ex parte (one-sided, without all parties present), except for executive director responses to judge bench requests under Section 1273.

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Except as otherwise permitted with respect to the executive director’s responses to bench requests pursuant to Section 1273, members of the board and board staff shall not engage in ex parte communications regarding the pilotage tariff, pilotage rates, or issues that are the subject of a pilotage tariff petition with any party, stakeholder, member of the public, or other board member during the period beginning with the request by the executive director for assignment of an administrative law judge until the time that any potential for a related board hearing on the petition has concluded.

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