Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 771, Sec. 8. (AB 160) Effective September 29, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, by its own provisions. Conditionally inoperative July 1, 2024, as prescribed by its own provisions. Conditionally repealed January 1, 2025, as prescribed by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 9 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 771.
the hearing if the applicant or applicant’s representative requests that the hearing be open to the public.
affairs, regardless of the existence of a common law or statutory rule that might make improper the admission of the evidence over objection in a civil action. The board may rely on written reports prepared for the board, or other information received, from public agencies responsible for investigating the crime. If the applicant or the applicant’s representative chooses not to appear at the hearing, the board may act solely upon the application for compensation, the staff’s report, and other evidence that appears in the record.
convenient a location as possible or conduct the hearing by telephone.
them by mail.
Repealed (in Sec. 8) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 771, Sec. 9. (AB 160) Effective September 29, 2022. Conditionally operative July 1, 2024, as prescribed by its own provisions.
the applicant during the hearing. However, the board shall not exclude persons from the hearing if the applicant or applicant’s representative requests that the hearing be open to the public.
The hearing shall be informal and need not be conducted according to the technical rules relating to evidence and witnesses. The board may rely on any relevant evidence if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely on the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of a common law or statutory rule that might make improper the admission of the evidence over objection in a civil action. The board may rely on written reports prepared for the board, or other information received, from public agencies responsible for investigating the crime. If the applicant or the applicant’s representative chooses not to appear at the hearing, the board may act solely upon the application for compensation, the staff’s report, and other evidence that appears in the record.
while testifying at a hearing.
determines that there was insufficient information to make a decision, the board shall notify the applicant in writing within four months of the date the board received the appeal. Copies of the decisions shall be delivered to the applicant or to the applicant’s representative personally or sent to them by mail.
reconsideration of all or part of a decision on its own motion, at its discretion, at any time.