Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
(a) After receipt of a complaint or petition, the Department, with or without motion, may schedule a hearing to hear and determine procedural and substantive matters within the jurisdiction of the Department under the act arising from the proceedings of a local government unit taken under the act.(b) The scope of the hearing may be limited by the presiding officer to specified legal or factual issues presented in the pleadings or a motion. The holding of a hearing may be conditional on the outcome of an initial hearing or oral argument on a motion to dismiss or other preliminary motion and a determination thereon by the presiding officer.(c) This section supersedes 1 Pa. Code §§35.101 and 35.102 (relating to general).