Rules and Regulations - Liquor Commission (Amended 2024)

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timely manner and upon payment of the fixed cost as provided by County ordinance. RULE 1-11 ADOPTION, AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF RULES. A. PETITION. Any interested person may petition the Commission to request the adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule of the Commission and shall file the petition at the office of the Department. The petition shall be typewritten, submitted in 12 copies and shall include: 1. A statement of the nature of the petitioner's interest. 2. A draft of the substance of the proposed rule or amendment or a designation of the provision sought to be repealed. 3. An explicit statement of the reasons in support of the proposed rule, amendment or repeal. 4. The name, address and telephone number of each petitioner. 5. The signature of the petitioner. The petition shall be filed 30 days prior to the Commission hearing date which is held the first Thursday of each month, except as otherwise scheduled, at the office of the Department. Any petition which does not conform to the foregoing requirements may be rejected. The Commission shall, within a reasonable time after the submission of the petition, either deny the petition in writing, stating its reason for such denial, or initiate proceedings in accordance with Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, for the adoption, amendment or repeal of the rule, as the case may be. B. PROCEDURES. Prior to the adoption, amendment or repeal of the Rules and Regulations of the Liquor Commission, the Commission shall: 1. Give at least 30 days notice for a public hearing. Such notice shall include a statement of the substance of the proposed rule, the date, time and place of the hearing. The notice, together with the proposed rule for adoption, amendment or repeal, shall be distributed to all licensees and to all persons who have made a timely written request to the agency for advance notice of its rule - making proceedings. Any interested person may request a copy of the proposed rule to be adopted, amended or repealed. The proposed rules, in entirety or in summary form, shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation on the Island of Hawaii. 2. Afford all interested persons the opportunity to submit data, views or arguments, orally or in writing. The Commission may make its decision at the public hearing or announce a date as to when it intends to make a decision. Upon the adoption, amendment or repeal of a rule, the Commission shall, if requested to do so by an interested person, issue a concise statement of the principal reasons for and against its determination. 12