Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES › Campaign Spending Commission › Chapter 161 - ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3-161-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, as
					 used in this chapter:
"Aggrieved person" means any person who shall be adversely
					 affected by an action, decision, determination, order, or rule of the
					 commission or who shall be adversely affected by the action or conduct of any
					 person if the action or conduct is within the commission's jurisdiction to
					 regulate, and shall also include any person who requires the commission's
					 permission to engage in or refrain from engaging in an activity or conduct
					 which is subject to regulation by the commission.
"Declaratory relief" means the commission's declaration as
					 to the applicability or non-applicability of any rule or order of the
					 commission or a statute that the commission is required to administer or
					 enforce to a factual situation.
"Hearings officer" means any person duly appointed and
					 authorized by the commission to hold a hearing for the purpose of taking
					 evidence or oral argument and making a recommended decision in any case or
					 controversy within the jurisdiction of the commission.
"Hearings relief" means the determination by the commission
					 of the legal rights, duties, or privileges of specific parties which are
					 required by law to be determined after an opportunity for agency hearing,
					 including any determination of complaints of violations of chapter
					 11, part XIII, Campaign Finance,
					 Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Party" means any member of the commission's staff or
					 executive director, or any candidate, authorized representative of a candidate,
					 committee, party, complainant, person permitted or entitled as of right to
					 participate in a proceeding, each person named in a proceeding, or any
					 interested or aggrieved person permitted or entitled as of right to participate
					 in a proceeding before the commission in the capacity of a petitioner,
					 claimant, respondent, intervenor, or in a capacity other than that of a
					 witness.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
					 association, public or private organization of any character, candidate,
					 committee, or party, other than the commission.
"Petition" means an application to the commission by a
					 party which seeks relief hereunder, including any complaint against any person
					 alleging a violation of chapter
					 11, part XIII, Campaign Finance,
					 Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the commission's preliminary determination of
					 probable cause and the preliminary findings of fact and conclusions of law
					 issued by the commission pursuant to section
					 3-160-72.
"Petitioner" means a party who initiates a proceeding and
					 includes but is not limited to any person, complainant, party, or committee who
					 files a complaint pursuant to section
					 3-160-70, and the commission in
					 cases where the commission has issued an initial decision or determination or
					 an order to cease and desist.
"Respondent" means the party against whom a complaint or
					 petition is filed, the party against whom relief is sought, any party who
					 contests or controverts a proceeding, or any party who contests the
					 commission's preliminary determination of probable cause issued pursuant to
					 section
					 11-405,
					 Hawaii Revised Statutes, and has made a timely request for hearing
					 relief.
"Rule" shall have the same meaning as provided in section
					 91-1(4),
					 Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Rule relief" means the adoption, modification, or repeal
					 of any regulatory rule by the commission which is initiated or requested by
					 petition or complaint.