[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR134.226]

[Page 460]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 134_RULES OF PROCEDURE GOVERNING CASES BEFORE THE OFFICE OF 
HEARINGS AND APPEALS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Rules of Practice for Most Cases
 
Sec. 134.226  The decision.

    (a) Contents. Following closure of the record, the Judge will issue 
a decision containing findings of fact and conclusions of relevant law, 
reasons for such findings and conclusions, and any relief ordered. The 
contents of the record will constitute the exclusive basis for a 
decision.
    (b) Time limits. Decisions pertaining to the collection of debts 
owed to SBA and the United States under the Debt Collection Act of 1982 
and part 140 of this chapter must be rendered within 60 days after a 
petition is filed. Time limits for decisions in other types of cases, if 
any, are indicated either in the applicable program regulations or in 
other subparts of this part 134.
    (c) Service. OHA will serve a copy of all written decisions on:
    (1) Each party, or, if represented by counsel, on its counsel; and
    (2) SBA's General Counsel, or his or her designee, if SBA is not a 
party.

[61 FR 2683, Jan. 29, 1996, as amended at 67 FR 47249, July 18, 2002]