§ 1263.130.Issue Not Brought to Trial Within One Year After Commencement of Proceeding

Delay past the first year changes the valuation clock, and this section decides which way it moves. Subject to § 1263.110's deposit rule, if the compensation issue isn't brought to trial within one year after the proceeding commenced, the date of valuation moves forward to the date the trial itself commences.

But that shift doesn't reward a defendant who caused the delay. When the defendant is the one responsible for pushing trial past the one-year mark, the date of valuation stays anchored at the original commencement date instead. The rule keeps neither side able to game the valuation date through its own foot-dragging -- a plaintiff who drags out the case pushes the date forward (often to its own disadvantage in a rising market), while a defendant who does the same doesn't get the benefit of that shift.