Section 183.665 – Estimates of office expenses.
The chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings shall estimate in advance the expenses that the office will incur during each biennium and shall notify each agency required to use the office’s services of the agency’s share of the anticipated expenses for periods within the biennium. [1999 c.849 §15; 2003 c.75 §14]
Section 183.670 – Rules.
Subject to the provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, the chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings may adopt rules to: (1) Organize and manage the Office of Administrative Hearings established under ORS 183.605. (2) Facilitate the performance of the duties of administrative law judges assigned from the office. (3) Establish […]
Section 183.675 – Alternative dispute resolution.
ORS 183.605 to 183.690 do not limit in any way the ability of any agency to use alternative dispute resolution, including mediation or arbitration, to resolve disputes without conducting a contested case hearing or without requesting assignment of an administrative law judge from the Office of Administrative Hearings. [1999 c.849 §16a; 2003 c.75 §16]
Section 183.680 – Standards and training program.
(1) The chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings, working in coordination with the Attorney General, shall design and implement a standards and training program for administrative law judges employed by the office and for persons seeking to be employed as administrative law judges by the office. The program shall include: (a) […]
Section 183.685 – Ex parte communications.
(1) An administrative law judge assigned from the Office of Administrative Hearings who is presiding in a contested case proceeding and who receives an ex parte communication described in subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall place in the record of the pending matter: (a) The name of each person from whom the administrative […]
Section 183.610 – Chief administrative law judge.
(1) The Governor shall appoint a person to serve as chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings. The Governor shall consider recommendations by the Office of Administrative Hearings Oversight Committee in appointing a chief administrative law judge. The person appointed to serve as chief administrative law judge must be an active member […]
Section 183.690 – Office of Administrative Hearings Oversight Committee.
(1) The Office of Administrative Hearings Oversight Committee is created. The committee consists of nine members, as follows: (a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint four legislators to the committee. Two shall be Senators appointed by the President. Two shall be Representatives appointed by the Speaker. […]
Section 183.615 – Administrative law judges; duties; qualifications; rules.
(1) An administrative law judge employed by or contracting with the chief administrative law judge shall conduct hearings on behalf of agencies as assigned by the chief administrative law judge. An administrative law judge shall be impartial in the performance of the administrative law judge’s duties and shall remain fair in all hearings conducted by […]
Section 183.700 – Permits subject to ORS 183.702.
(1) As used in this section and ORS 183.702, “permit” means an individual and particularized license, permit, certificate, approval, registration or similar form of permission required by law to pursue any activity specified in this section, for which an agency must weigh information, make specific findings and make determinations on a case-by-case basis for each […]
Section 183.620 – Contract administrative law judges.
(1) The chief administrative law judge for the Office of Administrative Hearings may contract for the services of persons to act as administrative law judges. (2) Contract administrative law judges shall meet the same qualifications as administrative law judges regularly employed by the chief administrative law judge and shall be paid at an hourly rate […]