Haw. Code R. § 16-201-25 - Ex parte communications
(a) In any
proceeding before the authority:
(1) Neither
the department nor any person, either in private or public life, shall
communicate privately on the merits of the case with any member of the
authority, the authority's staff or with the hearings officer designated to
hear and decide the matter unless specifically provided for by law;
and
(2) No member of the
authority's staff or any other government agency who participates in the
hearing as a witness or counsel shall privately communicate on the merits of
the case with any member of the authority or with the hearings officer
designated to hear and decide the matter, unless specifically provided for by
law.
(b) It shall be
improper for the department or any person interested in a proceeding to seek to
influence the judgment of the authority or hearings officer.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, it
shall be improper for the department:
(1) To
disclose or reveal to any member of the authority or hearings officer
designated to hear and decide the matter the contents of any investigatory
report concerning the matter before the authority or hearings officer;
or
(2) To furnish the report or a
copy thereof to any member of the authority or hearings officer designated to
hear and decide the matter.
(d) Nothing in this subsection, which is
intended to prohibit the ex parte disclosure of the investigatory report, shall
prohibit the introduction of the report at the hearing pursuant to and in
conformance with sections 16-201-29 and 16-201-32.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.