Section 3035. Simplified procedure authorized

(a)  Implementation  and
  pre-trial. The procedure in any action under  the  New  York  simplified
  procedure  for  court  determination  of disputes authorized by sections
  3031 and 3033 shall be as provided in rule 3036 adopted to implement the
  provisions hereof, which is designed to promote the  speedy  hearing  of
  such  actions  and  to  provide  for such actions a procedure that is as
  simple  and  informal  as  circumstances  will  permit.    A   pre-trial
  conference  may  be held relative to the disposition of questions of law
  which might be conclusive in the action and avoid a trial.
    (b) Technical rules of evidence  dispensed.  The  technical  rules  of
  evidence  shall  be  dispensed with to the extent specified in such rule
  3036.
    (c) Practice. The practice under this procedure relating to motions to
  stay or to transfer pending actions, and relating to  venue,  assessment
  of costs, entry of judgment, judgment by default, and the continuance of
  the  action  in  case  of  death  or incompetency of parties shall be as
  prescribed in the rules adopted pursuant hereto.