Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION
Chapter 234 - NATURAL DISASTER CLAIMS COMMISSIONS
Section 18-234-04 - Powers and duties

(1) Receive, process, review, and investigate each claim;

(2) Conduct a hearing regarding each claim to ascertain the amount of losses suffered by a claimant, in accordance with chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes; provided that, if the commission and claimant agree that there is a no dispute as to the facts or the amount of a claim involved in a particular matter, the claimant may waive in writing the opportunity for a hearing provided by these administrative rules;

(3) Administer oaths or affirmations to persons testifying before the commission;

(4) Determine the amount of losses sustained by a claimant based upon the evidence presented to the commission;

(5) Certify the amount of losses to the director;

(6) Seek advice from the Office of the Attorney General when legal assistance is necessary;

(7) Prescribe and prepare the necessary forms to be used.

(1) On its own motion, request or require the appearance of any witness it deems necessary or who may assist the commission in determining losses;

(2) Require the production of a claimant's account books, bank books, bank statements, records, vouchers, copies of state and federal tax returns, and any and all documents and evidences having any relevancy to the determination of losses;

(3) Seek additional advice from any person it believes may assist the commission in its review of claims; and

(4) Transmit copies of certifications of losses to the director of finance of the county in which the disaster occurred.