§ 1299.5 Procedure

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§ 1299.5. Procedure

    (a) The arbitration panel shall, within 10 days after its establishment or any additional periods to which the parties agree, meet with the parties or their representatives, either jointly or separately, make inquiries and investigations, hold hearings, and take any other action including further mediation, that the arbitration panel deems appropriate.

    (b) For the purpose of its hearings, investigations, or inquiries, the arbitration panel may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take the testimony of any person, and issue subpoenas duces tecum to require the production and examination of any employer's or employee organization's records, books, or papers relating to any subject matter before the panel.

    VALIDITY

    Stats.2000, c. 906 (S.B.402), which enacted this Title 9.5, consisting of Code of Civil Procedure §§ 1299 to 1299.9, was
declared invalidly infringing on counties' constitutional rights, in County of Riverside v. Superior Court (2003) 132 Cal.Rptr.2d 713, 30 Cal.4th 278, 66 P.3d 718. Portions of Title 9.5 were subsequently amended by Stats.2003, c. 877 (S.B. 440). For legislative intent relating to the 2003 amending legislation, see Historical and Statutory Notes under Code of Civil Procedure § 1299.7.