[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR1720.260]

[Page 80]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER X--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
 COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INTERSTATE 
                    LAND SALES REGISTRATION PROGRAM)
 
PART 1720_FORMAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Adjudicatory Proceedings
 
Sec.  1720.260  Prehearing conferences.

    (a) Where it will expedite the proceeding, the administrative law 
judge may direct or allow the parties or their representatives to appear 
for a conference to consider:
    (1) Simplification and clarification of the issues;
    (2) Necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings;
    (3) Stipulations and admissions of fact and the contents and 
authenticity of documents;
    (4) Expedition in the discovery and presentation of evidence;
    (5) Matters of which official or judicial notice will be taken; and
    (6) Such other matters as may aid in the orderly and expeditious 
disposition of the proceeding, including disclosure of the names of 
witnesses and of documents or other exhibits which will be introduced in 
evidence in the course of the proceeding.

Prior to the conference, the administrative law judge may direct or 
allow the parties or their representatives to file memoranda specifying 
the issues of law and fact to be considered.
    (b) If the circumstances are such that a conference is 
impracticable, the administrative law judge may require the parties to 
correspond for the purpose of accomplishing any of the objectives set 
forth in this section.