Sec. 8.5. (a) After June 30, 2020, this section does not apply to an agency that is subject to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative law proceedings.

     (b) An agency may share an administrative law judge with another agency:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-21.5-3-8.5

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(1) to avoid bias, prejudice, interest in the outcome, or another conflict of interest;

(2) if a party requests a change of administrative law judge;

(3) to ease scheduling difficulties; or

(4) for another good cause.

An agency may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this subsection.

     (c) To the extent practicable, an administrative law judge must have expertise in the area of law being adjudicated.

     (d) An agency shall post on the agency’s Internet web site the:

(1) name;

(2) salary and other remuneration; and

(3) relevant professional experience;

of every person who serves as an administrative law judge for the agency.

As added by P.L.72-2014, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.205-2019, SEC.8.