Haw. Code R. § 16-86-27 - Oral testimony
(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 is requested to so notify the board no later than forty-eight hours
prior to the meeting, and at that time to 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 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 contraints to be imposed;
and
(6) The board may refuse to
hear any testimony which is irrelevant, or immaterial or duly 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 pending proceeding subject to the hearing
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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