Ariz. Admin. Code § 20-5-105

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 43, October 25, 2024

Section R20-5-105 - Filing Requirements; Time for Filing; Computation of Time; Response to Motion

A. A report, document, instrument, videotape, audiotape, or other written matter required to be filed with the Commission under A.R.S. § 23-901 et seq. and this Article shall be filed at a Commission office within the time required by law and this Article.

B. For purposes of computing time under this Article, the following applies:

1. The Commission shall not include in the computation of time the day of the act or event from which the designated period begins to run.

2. The Commission shall include in the computation of time the last day of the designated period, unless the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or state legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or state legal holiday.

3. If this Article or other law requires that a report, document, instrument, videotape, audiotape, or other written matter be filed within a designated period of time before hearing, the Commission shall not include the day of the act or event from which the designated period of time begins to run. The Commission shall include the last day of the designated period unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or state legal holiday, in which event the period runs to the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or state legal holiday.

4. If the period of time prescribed is less than 11 days, the Commission shall not include intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, or state legal holidays in the computation of time.

C. The Commission shall deem a report, document, instrument, videotape, audiotape, or other written matter filed at the Tucson office as filed at the main office for purposes of computing time.

D. A person upon whom a motion to join is filed under this Article may file a response to the motion within 10 days after the motion is filed.

E. The Commission shall not consider a discovery motion unless the moving party attaches a separate statement to the discovery motion certifying that after good faith efforts to do so, the moving party has been unable to satisfactorily resolve the matter giving rise to the discovery motion with the opposing party.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-5-105

Former Rule 5. Amended effective March 1, 1987, filed February 26, 1987 (Supp. 87-1). R20-5-105 recodified from R4-13-105 (Supp. 95-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 3966 and 7 A.A.R. 4995, effective August 17, 2001 (Supp. 01-3).