Haw. Code R. § 13-1-31 - Parties
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section
13-1-31.1, parties to a contested case shall be determined within a reasonable
time following the ten-day period following the board meeting, the presiding
officer shall notify all persons and agencies, including the applicant or
alleged violator, as the case may be, who timely petitioned for the contested
case hearing of the date and time for a hearing to determine whether any or all
of the persons and agencies seeking to participate in the contested case
hearing are entitled to be parties in the contested case. Such notice shall
also set the time for filing any objections to the admission of any requestor
as a party to the contested case. Without a hearing, an applicant or an alleged
violator shall be a party.
(b) The
following persons or agencies shall be admitted as parties:
(1) All government agencies whose
jurisdiction includes the land in question shall be admitted as parties upon
timely application.
(2) All persons
who have some property interest in the land, who lawfully reside on the land,
who are adjacent property owners, or who otherwise can demonstrate that they
will be so directly and immediately affected by the requested action that their
interest in the proceeding is clearly distinguishable from that of the general
public shall be admitted as parties upon timely application.
(c) Other persons who can show a
substantial interest in the matter may be admitted as parties. The board may
approve such requests if it finds that the requestor's participation will
substantially assist the board in its decision making. The board may deny any
request to be a party when it appears that:
(1) The position of the requestor is
substantially the same as the position of a party already admitted to the
proceedings; and
(2) The admission
of additional parties will not add substantially new relevant information or
the addition will make the proceedings inefficient and unmanageable.
(d) All persons with similar
interests seeking to be admitted as parties shall be considered at the same
time so far as possible.
(e) If any
party opposes another person's request to be a party, the party may file
objections within the time set forth by the presiding officer.
(f) The hearing to determine parties to the
contested case may be conducted by the board or the presiding officer, or by a
hearing officer appointed by the board. At such hearing, evidence and argument
shall be limited to matters necessary to determine whether the requestor shall
be admitted as a party. Only a party objecting to a requestor's admission as a
party shall have the opportunity to cross-examine a requestor or the
requestor's witness; provided, however, that the board or presiding officer or
hearing officer may cross-examine any witness at such hearing. The hearing to
determine parties may be waived upon concurrence of the applicant and all
requestors.
(g) If the hearing to
determine parties to the contested case was not conducted by the board, and the
person who conducted such hearing recommends that any agency or person
requesting to be a party should not be allowed to participate in the contested
case, such recommendation and the reasons therefor shall be immediately
submitted to the board in writing. The requestor whose request is recommended
for denial shall have the opportunity to file objections to the recommendation.
Such recommendation shall be acted upon by the board as soon as practicable and
shall be decided, by written order, not later than the commencement of the
contested case hearing.
(h) A
person whose request to be admitted as a party has been denied by the board may
appeal that denial to the circuit court pursuant to section
91-14,
HRS.
Notes
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