California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 6110

The State Lands Commission may, by resolution, designate an officer or employee of the commission to conduct the public hearings which the commission is required to hold under Sections 126 and 11425 of the Government Code, or any other state law.

The designated officer or employee shall act in the commission's place and stead and the hearings shall be conducted to all intents and purposes as though the commission were actually present. The designated officer or employee shall have no power to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation of the commission or to make any final determination in the name of the commission. The designated officer or employee shall make a written report to the commission of all relevant matters presented at such hearings and shall transmit to the commission any statements, arguments, or contentions in writing which may be presented.

The commission shall not make any finding or declaration nor adopt, amend, or repeal any regulation which has been considered at a public hearing conducted by a designated officer or employee of the commission until the commission has considered at a public meeting the written report of the officer or employee and any statements, arguments, or contentions in writing which may have been presented at the hearing conducted by such officer or employee, together with any statements, arguments, or contentions which may be presented at the public meeting of the commission.