Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 87 - MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR DEALERS AND MECHANICS
Subchapter 14 - ORAL TESTIMONY
Section 16-87-39 - Oral testimony
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-87-39
Current through February, 2024
(a) The board shall accept oral testimony on any item which is on the board's agenda, provided that the testimony shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) Each person seeking to present oral
testimony shall so notify the board no later than forty-eight hours prior to
the meeting, and at that time shall state the item on which testimony is to be
presented;
(2) The board may
request that any person providing oral testimony submit the remarks, or a
summary of the remarks, in writing to the board;
(3) The board may rearrange the items on the
agenda for the purpose of providing for the most efficient and convenient
presentation of oral testimony;
(4)
Persons presenting oral testimony shall, at the beginning of the testimony,
identify themselves and the organization, if any, that they
represent;
(5) The board may limit
oral testimony to a specified time period but in no case shall the period be
less than five minutes, and the person testifying shall be informed prior to
the commencement of the testimony of the time constraints to be
imposed;
(6) The board may refuse
to hear any testimony which is irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious to
the agenda item on which it is presented;
(b) Nothing herein shall require the board to hear or receive any oral or documentary evidence from a person on any matter which is the subject of another proceeding pending subject to the hearings relief, declaratory relief, or rule relief provisions of the rules of administrative procedure.
(c) Nothing herein shall prevent the board from soliciting oral remarks from persons present at the meeting or from inviting persons to make presentations to the board on any particular matter on the board's agenda."
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