HB 2545 Summary

• Amends contested case procedures for five state agencies: Commission on Water Resource Management (§174C-12.5), Board of Land and Natural Resources (§183C-9), Land Use Commission (§205-19), Hawaii Community Development Authority (§206E-5.6), and Public Utilities Commission (§269-15.51)

• Precludes agencies from receiving petitions on contested issues that aggrieved persons knew or should have known about but failed to raise during the original contested case proceeding before the agency or any agency with shared jurisdiction

• Requires courts to give priority and expedited treatment to contested case appeals of significant statewide importance over all other civil or administrative appeals

• Clarifies that the term "person aggrieved" includes agencies that are parties to contested case proceedings before that agency or another agency

• Takes effect upon approval