Sunday, May 09, 2010

13:19-1.5 Adjournments; failure to appear

13:19-1.5 Adjournments; failure to appear


(a) No prehearing conference shall be adjourned from the scheduled prehearing conference date except for good cause and upon order of the Chief Administrator or an employee designated by the Chief Administrator. All requests for an adjournment must be made in writing, with the reasons specified therein, not later than seven days before the date scheduled for the prehearing conference. All requests shall be sent to the following address:

Motor Vehicle Commission

Driver Management Bureau

PO Box 134

Trenton, New Jersey 08666-0134

Attention: Prehearing Conference Scheduling Unit

(b) No request shall be granted for an adjournment unless good cause is shown.

(c) No request shall be granted for the adjournment of a prehearing conference that is made after the time as provided in (a) above unless the licensee can show good cause and upon order of the Chief Administrator or an employee designated by the Chief Administrator.

(d) In the event a licensee fails to attend a prehearing conference wherein an adjournment has not been granted, the proposed action against the licensee shall be taken and the licensee shall be deemed to have abandoned his or her request for a hearing.