Haw. Code R. § 15-15-60 - Presiding officer
(a) Notwithstanding
section 15-15-06, in all hearings before the commission, the chairperson, a
vice-chairperson, one of the other commissioners, or a hearings officer
appointed by the commission shall preside at the hearing.
(b) The presiding officer shall convene the
hearing and briefly state the nature of the case, control the schedule and
course of the hearings, administer oaths and affirmations, receive evidence,
hold appropriate conferences before and during hearings, rule upon all
objections or motions which do not involve a final determination of the
proceedings, receive offers of proof, and fix the time for the filing of briefs
or proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and decisions and orders and
responses or objections thereto, dispose of any other matter that normally and
properly arises in the course of a hearing, and take all other actions
authorized by law that are deemed necessary to the orderly and just conduct of
a hearing.
(c) The presiding
officer may postpone or continue any hearing upon a motion of any party without
a hearing.
Notes
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