Rule 1-071.3. Statutory stream system adjudication suits; annual joint working session.

A. Joint working sessions in state adjudications. Thirty (30) days before the end of each fiscal year, the judges, special masters, the state and other parties in each stream adjudication court shall coordinate and set a working session for the purpose of discussing common issues among all pending stream adjudications and resource needs of each adjudication court. The judges presiding over state stream system adjudications shall invite judges and special masters presiding over federal stream system adjudications to participate. B. Report of state’s priorities. Thirty (30) days prior to the joint working session, the state shall file a report setting out the plaintiff’s suggested priorities and its analysis of resources needed by the courts and the state for each adjudication pending in state court. [Provisionally approved by Supreme Court Order No. 07-8300-013 for one year, effective June 13, 2007; provisionally approved by Supreme Court Order 08-8300 for one additional year, effective June 9, 2008; provisionally approved by Supreme Court Order No. 09-8300-015, for one additional year, effective June 9, 2009; provisionally approved by Supreme Court Order No. 10-8300-020, for one additional year, effective June 8, 2010; approved by Supreme Court Order No. 11-8300-027, effective for new and pending cases on or after June 8, 2011.]