Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-2-305 - Refusal to Issue Complaint

A. If, after a charge is filed, the General Counsel declines to issue a complaint or, having withdrawn a complaint, refuses to reissue it, the General Counsel shall advise serve a written statement of the grounds for the action on each party in writing, accompanied by a statement of the grounds for the action. The charging party may file a request to reconsider the refusal to issue or reissue the complaint with the General Counsel within 10 days of receipt of notice of the refusal and shall simultaneously serve a copy on all other parties. The General Counsel shall file any response to the request within seven days of receiving it. The General Counsel shall advise all parties of the decision, serve the decision on each party in writing and within seven days of the date the decision is made.

B. The charging party may file a request to reconsider with the General Counsel if, after the General Counsel refuses to issue or reissue a complaint, newly discovered material evidence is found that could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered at the time the original charge was filed. The request shall be filed within 10 days after the discovery of the evidence.

C. Nothing in this Section prohibits or limits the General Counsel from issuing or reissuing a complaint following a notice of refusal to issue a complaint or withdrawal of a complaint, however, if a complaint is withdrawn or dismissed on the General Counsel's own motion, the General Counsel shall not reissue the complaint more than six months after the date of the withdrawal or dismissal of the original complaint.

D. Service under this section shall be as directed by R4-2-104(A).

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-2-305

Adopted effective December 26, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 460, effective January 21, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 395, effective 4/5/2022.