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SF 2989 Senate Long Description

E Subjecting the chief administrative law judge of the office of administrative hearings to the provisions of the state constitution relating to holding other office, the jurisdiction of the board on judicial standards and the provisions of the code of judicial conduct and requiring the judges to be learned in the law; authorizing the chief administrative law judge to establish a system of training in additional areas of knowledge for administrative law and workers compensation judges for the purpose of conducting hearings in areas other than the area of original appointment; requiring annual notice to the department of finance by the chief administrative law judge of the amount of credit payable to the workers compensation special fund for time spent by compensation judges on noncompensation matters; subjecting workers compensation judges to the code of judicial conduct; requiring the chief administrative law judge to provide training to administrative law and compensation judges relating to the requirements of the code and providing for application; authorizing workers compensation and administrative law judges to mediate, arbitrate and take other appropriate actions on matters referred to the office of administrative hearings by members of the federal or state judicial branch or by the workers compensation court of appeals(ra, ja)