{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"11445.50","citation":"Gov. Code, § 11445.50","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3"},{"name":"PART 1. STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES [11000. - 11908.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4.5. Administrative Adjudication: General Provisions [11400. - 11475.70.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-1/chapter-4.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 10. Informal Hearing [11445.10. - 11445.60.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-2/division-3/part-1/chapter-4.5/article-10"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 938, Sec. 21.   Effective January 1, 1996.   Operative July 1, 1997, by Sec. 98 of Ch. 938 and Section 11400.10.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>(a) The presiding officer may deny use of the informal hearing procedure, or may convert an informal hearing to a formal hearing after an informal hearing is commenced, if it appears to the presiding officer that cross-examination is necessary for proper determination of the matter and that the delay, burden, or complication due to allowing cross-examination in the informal hearing will be more than minimal.</p><p>(b) An agency, by regulation, may specify categories of cases in which cross-examination is deemed not necessary for proper determination of the matter under the informal hearing procedure. The presiding officer may allow cross-examination of witnesses in an informal hearing notwithstanding an agency regulation if it appears to the presiding officer that in the circumstances cross-examination is necessary for proper determination of the matter.</p><p>(c) The actions of the presiding officer under this section are not subject to judicial review.</p>","text":"(a) The presiding officer may deny use of the informal hearing procedure, or may convert an informal hearing to a formal hearing after an informal hearing is commenced, if it appears to the presiding officer that cross-examination is necessary for proper determination of the matter and that the delay, burden, or complication due to allowing cross-examination in the informal hearing will be more than minimal. (b) An agency, by regulation, may specify categories of cases in which cross-examination is deemed not necessary for proper determination of the matter under the informal hearing procedure. The presiding officer may allow cross-examination of witnesses in an informal hearing notwithstanding an agency regulation if it appears to the presiding officer that in the circumstances cross-examination is necessary for proper determination of the matter. (c) The actions of the presiding officer under this section are not subject to judicial review.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/informal-hearing-11445-50","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}