Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism › Chapter 106 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY › Subchapter 3 - RULE MAKING PROCEDURE › Section 15-106-43 - Public hearing procedures

Current through June, 2024
(a) The public
				  hearing before the authority shall be presided over by the chairperson, or by
				  another member or hearings officer designated by the authority. A quorum of the
				  authority shall not be required in the conduct of the public hearing. A clear
				  and orderly record of the public hearing shall be maintained. The presiding
				  officer shall be authorized to administer oaths or affirmations and to take all
				  other actions necessary to the orderly conduct of the public hearing.
(b) The public hearing shall be held at the
				  time and place set in the notice of proposed rule making, but may at such time
				  and place be continued by the presiding officer from day to day, or adjourned
				  to a later date or to a different place, or both, without notice other than the
				  announcement at the public hearing.
(c) At the commencement of the public
				  hearing, the presiding officer shall outline briefly the procedure to be
				  followed. Testimony shall then be received with respect to the matters referred
				  to in the notice of proposed rule making in such order as the presiding officer
				  prescribes.
(d) The presiding
				  officer may limit the number of witnesses or the time for testimony upon a
				  particular issue.
(e) Any person
				  who willfully disrupts a public hearing to prevent or compromise the conduct of
				  the hearing shall be removed from the hearing. The presiding officer may
				  reasonably administer oral testimony so as to limit testimony of excessive
				  duration or limit or prohibit any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or
				  scandalous matter.
(f) Before
				  proceeding to testify, witnesses shall state their names, addresses, and whom
				  they represent at the public hearing, and shall give such information
				  respecting their appearances as the presiding officer may reasonably request.
				  The presiding officer shall confine the testimony to the matters for which the
				  hearing has been called but shall not apply the technical rules of evidence.
				  Witnesses shall be subject to questioning by the members of the authority or by
				  any other representative of the authority. Cross examination by other persons
				  shall be permitted only at the discretion of the presiding officer.
(g) Any provision of this section to the
				  contrary notwithstanding, at the public hearing, all interested persons shall
				  be afforded an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in
				  writing, that are relevant to the matters referred to in the notices of
				  proposed rule making. The period for filing written submissions may be extended
				  beyond the hearing date by the presiding officer for good cause. An original
				  and eleven copies shall be required for written submissions.
(h) Unless otherwise required by law or
				  specific order of the authority, neither a full transcript nor a recording of
				  oral testimony given at the public hearing shall be required, but the record of
				  the public hearing shall give a true reflection of the oral testimony. All
				  written submissions made at the public hearing or accepted beyond the hearing
				  date by the presiding officer for good cause shall be made part of the record
				  of the public hearing.