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When DOBI initiates a contested-case enforcement action against a licensee, where are the evidentiary hearings typically conducted under New Jersey's Administrative Procedure Act?
Before an Administrative Law Judge at the Office of Administrative Law (OAL)
BBefore a jury in Superior Court, Law Division, with full civil trial procedures
CBefore the New Jersey Supreme Court sitting en banc for oral argument and disposition
DBefore a federal magistrate judge in the District of New Jersey under federal question jurisdiction
Why this is the answer
Under the New Jersey APA (N.J.S.A. 52:14B) and the OAL statute (N.J.S.A. 52:14F), DOBI transmits contested cases to the Office of Administrative Law, where an ALJ conducts the hearing and issues an initial decision that the Commissioner may adopt, modify, or reject.
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