Opinion ID: 2550662
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Heading: Retroactivity of the 2000 Amendments and GEICO v. DCCA

Text: The providers argue that, in concluding that HAR § 16-23-120 applies, the circuit court erred in retrospectively applying (1) the subsequent legislative amendments to HRS §§ 431:10C-304 and 431:10C-308.5 as well as (2) the Insurance Commissioner's Order in GEICO issued on September 18, 2000. In support of their contention, they point to the August 30, 2001 order. The order, however, made no reference to the amendments or the GEICO decision, and it is unclear from the record whether the circuit court relied, if at all, upon them. Because the providers did not direct us to anywhere else in the record that demonstrates the circuit court retroactively applied the amendments or the decision, we believe they have failed to meet their burden of showing that the circuit court erred. Ala Moana Boat Owners' Ass'n v. State, 50 Haw. 156, 159, 434 P.2d 516, 518, reh'g denied, 50 Haw. 181, 434 P.2d 516 (1967); see also In re Estate of Lee Chuck, 33 Haw. 445, 451-52 (1935) ([There is] a general presumption ... in all legal proceedings that judicial tribunals ... act according to law. On appeal ... from the decision of an inferior judicial tribunal an appellate court will presume in review that it has complied with all the requirements of law and that its determination rested on facts sufficient to sustain them. (Citations omitted.)).