California Business and Professions Code 26046 – (a) The review by the court shall not extend further than to …
(a) The review by the court shall not extend further than to determine, based on the whole record of the department as certified by the panel, whether:
(1) The department has proceeded without or in excess of its jurisdiction.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 26046
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(2) The department has proceeded in the manner required by law.
(3) The decision of the department is supported by the findings.
(4) The findings in the department’s decision are supported by substantial evidence in the light of the whole record.
(5) There is relevant evidence which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could not have been produced or which was improperly excluded at the hearing before the department.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall permit the court to hold a trial de novo, to take evidence, or to exercise its independent judgment on the evidence.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 70, Sec. 34. (AB 141) Effective July 12, 2021.)