Section 3714 Of Article 2. Uninsured Employers Fund From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
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. (a) All cases involving the Uninsured Employers Fund or the
Subsequent Injuries Fund as a party or involving death without
dependents shall only be heard for conference, mandatory settlement
conference pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5502, standby
conference, or rating calendar at the district Workers' Compensation
Appeals Board located in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Van Nuys,
Anaheim, Sacramento, or San Diego, except for good cause shown and
with the consent of the director. This subdivision shall not apply to
trials or hearings pursuant to Section 5309 or to expedited hearings
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5502.
(b) For the cases specified in subdivision (a), the presiding
judge of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board located in San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Van Nuys, Anaheim, Sacramento, or San Diego
shall have the authority, either by standing order or on a
case-by-case basis, to order a conference, mandatory settlement
conference pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5502, standby
conference, or rating calendar in which no testimony will be taken to
be conducted by telephone conference call among the parties and
their attorneys of record who do not reside in the county in which
that appeals board is located. The cost of the scheduling of the
conference call shall be charged against the appropriate fund of the
department.
(c) Any filings of documents necessary for the proceedings
specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) may be served on the appeals
board and the parties by facsimile machine, but if so served, within
five workings days service shall be made on the appeals board and the
parties as required by regulation.
(d) This section shall remain in effect for two years commencing
on the date that the administrative director certifies and publishes
that the rearrangement of judicial resources required by this
section, and conference call facilities required for this section are
in place. The certification shall be published in the California
Notice Register, but shall be required to have been posted in the
office of each appeals board at least 30 days prior to that
publication. Notwithstanding this section, with the permission of the
presiding judge and under standards set by the administrative
director, parties may be permitted to conclude existing cases where
they were filed. This section shall cease to be operative at the end
of that two-year period, and shall be repealed on January 1 following
that date.