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Mr. Balsis: Petition 2015-01 has been dismissed because it has not met certain <br /> thresholds of the Code. <br /> Mr. Balsis: Moving forward. We do have an item that came out of Petition <br /> 2015-01 which is not directly related to it. If I'm correct it has to <br /> do with our investigative powers. Before proceeding into new <br /> business, I'd like just to take this up now because it's all related. <br /> Ms. Schoen: Mr. Chair under Hawai`i County Code 2-91.3 subsection G it <br /> empowers the Board to render advisory opinions with respect to <br /> application of that section to any person. Related to that, your <br /> rules authorize you to hold hearings or conduct and investigation <br /> as to whether or not the organization should have been registered. <br /> My suggestion would be in accordance with your rules to style a <br /> motion in the form of a resolution that the organization be <br /> requested to appear before the Commission and respond to whether <br /> or not they are required to meet the provisions of 2-91.3. If that <br /> motion does pass, then what we would do is the Board staff or <br /> Chair could issue a letter informing them of your resolution and <br /> then asking for them that they appear. <br /> Mr. Balsis: This has been discussed. Would you like to phrase the motion? <br /> You had three aspects to it I believe and I believe that we should <br /> mention it in the order so it also gives direction to the organization <br /> as to how we're going to proceed and what they need to discuss <br /> with us. <br /> Mr. Adams: You're catching me up short. I'm not aware of three things you're <br /> talking to. <br /> Mr. Balsis: One was. What were they doing, Were they lobbying... <br /> Mr. Adams: Yes. The ideas whether or not they're lobbyist, whether they were <br /> lobbying, whether or not if both of those were an affirmative, <br /> whether there was any violation of the statute here in this situation <br /> that we have that we're looking at. The situation that we're <br /> looking at has to do with the development and passing of this <br /> ordinance. So that's the specifics that I'm aware of that we're <br /> talking about. <br /> Mr. Balsis: I can word it. The Chair would like to move that it be resolved by <br /> the Board that the Coalition for Tobacco Free Hawaii come to the <br /> Board and discuss whether or not they were lobbying, if they have <br /> the legal right to be lobbyist and if they were appropriately <br /> registered to be lobbyist with the County of Hawai`i. That's it. <br />