2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 20. Social Services
356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority
356D-63 Hearings.

§356D-63 Hearings. (a) When the authority proposes to terminate a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license and evict a tenant under section 356D-62, a hearing shall be held to determine whether cause exists for the action. The authority shall give written notice to the tenant specifying the reason for the eviction and the date, time, and place of the hearing. The written notice shall further inform the tenant of the right to inspect and copy the tenant's file at the tenant's expense before the hearing is held. The written notice shall be given at least five days before the date of the hearing. At the hearing, before final action is taken, the tenant shall be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel, and granted a full and fair hearing in accordance with the requirements of a contested case hearing under sections 91-9 and 91-10 to 91-13. This full and fair hearing shall be deemed to be a contested case hearing before the authority pursuant to chapter 91.

(b) Hearings shall be conducted by an eviction board appointed by the authority. The eviction board shall consist of no fewer than two persons, and no more than three persons, of which one member shall be a tenant. If feasible, the eviction board may conduct hearings using video conferencing technology; provided that these hearings shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91. The findings, conclusions, decision, and order of the eviction board shall be final unless an appeal is taken pursuant to section 91-14.

(c) The eviction board shall have the same powers with respect to administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses, as those of the circuit courts. In case of a violation by any person of any order of the eviction board, or of any subpoena issued by the eviction board, or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be questioned, a circuit court judge, upon application by the eviction board, may compel compliance with the order or subpoena, or compel testimony. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]