Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 20 - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII › Subtitle 1 - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS › Chapter 10 - DELINQUENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS › Subchapter 2 - APPEALS FROM NOTICES OF DELINQUENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS › Section 20-10-8 - Appeals from a notification of delinquent financial obligation or an imposition of a sanction under this chapter

Current through June, 2024
(a) Appeals
				  involving parking and traffic matters shall be resolved under the procedures
				  provided in chapter 20-12.
(b)
				  Informal review of financial obligations. Any person who is deemed by the
				  university to have a delinquent financial obligation, including student loan
				  payments, may file a written request for an informal review with the
				  appropriate business office or director of the university office that handles
				  financial or loan collection, no later than fifteen days after the date of the
				  notification letter of the student financial or loan obligation. After the
				  university has issued a decision on the informal review, any person who still
				  believes that a student financial or loan obligation has been improperly
				  assessed or who believes a sanction imposed is excessive or unfair may file an
				  appeal with the appropriate business office or financial management office at
				  the university within fifteen days from the date of the decision on the
				  informal review. A hearing officer appointed under section
				  20-10-7 shall
				  hear the case and render a written decision within a reasonable time to each
				  party.
(c) Filing of an appeal. Any
				  person who believes that any alleged financial obligation (other than an
				  obligation involving parking and traffic matters) was improperly assessed or
				  who deems that a sanction imposed under this chapter is excessive or unfair may
				  appeal the matter to the appropriate business office at the university within
				  fifteen days from the date of the official notification of assessment of the
				  obligation or of imposition of a sanction. A hearing officer appointed under
				  section
				  20-10-7 shall
				  hear the case and render a written decision within a reasonable time to each
				  party.
(d) Appeals procedure. In
				  all appeals where a person has properly filed an appeal (except appeals
				  involving parking and traffic matters covered by chapter 20-12), a hearing
				  officer shall send a written notification of the hearing to the person who
				  filed the appeal by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested,
				  not less than fifteen days before the date of the hearing.
(1) The notification letter shall include:
(A) The date, time, place, and nature of the
				  hearing;
(B) The legal authority
				  under which the hearing is to be held;
(C) The particular sections of the statutes
				  and rules involved;
(D) A statement
				  in plain language of the issues involved and the facts surrounding the alleged
				  past due financial obligations; and
(E) The fact that any party may appear on
				  their own behalf or be accompanied by counsel at the party's own
				  expense;