§486J-5  Analysis
of information; summary reports.  (a)  The commission, with the
commission's own staff and other support staff with expertise and experience
in, or with, the petroleum industry, shall gather, analyze, and interpret the
information submitted to it pursuant to sections 486J-3, 486J-4, and 486J-4.5
and other information relating to the supply, prices, margins, and profits of
petroleum products, with particular emphasis on motor vehicle fuels, including
but not limited to all of the following:



(1)  The nature, cause, and
extent of any petroleum or petroleum product situation or condition affecting
supply, price, margins, or profits;



(2)  The prices, with
particular emphasis on wholesale and retail motor vehicle fuel prices, and any
significant changes in prices charged by the petroleum industry for petroleum
or petroleum products sold in Hawaii and the reasons for the changes;



(3)  The income, expenses,
margins, and profits in Hawaii, both before and after taxes, of each
distributor and the income, expenses, margins, and profits, both before and
after taxes, of major oil companies in other regions of the United States and
other countries; and



(4)  The emerging trends
relating to supply, demand, price, margins, and profits.



(b)  The commission
shall analyze the effects of state and federal policies, rules, and regulations
upon the supply and pricing of petroleum products.



(c)  The commission
shall publish annually and submit to the governor and the legislature twenty
days prior to the first day of each regular legislative session a summary,
including any analysis and interpretation of the information submitted to it
pursuant to this chapter, and any other activities taken by the commission,
including civil penalties imposed and referrals of violations to the attorney
general under section 486J-9.  Any person may submit comments in writing
regarding the accuracy or sufficiency of the information submitted. [L 1997, c
257, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 77, §3(2); am L 2006, c 78, §7]