Opinion ID: 1169839
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Appellate review and the requisite written record

Text: Now that we have ascertained the parameters of the Director's discretionary authority to vary the periods of administrative revocation enumerated in HRS § 286-261(b), it is possible to describe the written record necessary to facilitate meaningful appellate review of the Director's decisions. See section III.A. of this opinion, supra. Accordingly, we hold that the following rules apply: In cases where the Director is without discretion, see section III.B.3.d. of this opinion, supra, the requisite written record would consist of a determination that the criteria set forth in HRS §§ 286-258(d) and -259(e) have been satisfied, see supra notes 6 and 7, and a recitation that the arrestee's driving record shows that he or she fell within the class of persons enumerated in HRS §§ 286-261(b)(4) or -261(c). See supra note 11. In cases where the Director possesses the discretionary authority to extend the period of administrative revocation, see section III.B.3.d. of this opinion, supra, but opts not to do so, the same written record will suffice. See supra note 12. However, where the Director does exercise the discretion, accorded by HRS § 286-261(b), to extend the period of administrative revocation, the Director must `state on the record [his or her] reasons for determining that [the extended period] is necessary for [the] protection of the public [interest] and ... [to] enter into the record all findings of fact which are necessary to [his or her] decision.' State v. Okumura, 78 Hawai`i 383, 413, 894 P.2d 80, 110 (1995) (quoting State v. Tamura, 63 Haw. 636, 639, 633 P.2d 1115, 1118 (1981)) (ellipsis points in original); see also notes 12 and 14, supra.