§269-12  Notices.  (a)  Whenever an
investigation is undertaken by the public utilities commission, reasonable
notice in writing of such fact and of the subject or subjects to be
investigated shall be given to the public utility or the person concerned, and
when based upon complaints made to it as prescribed in section 269-7, a copy of
the complaint, and a notice in writing of the date and place fixed by the
commission for beginning the investigation, shall be served upon the public
utility or the person concerned, or other respondent and the complainant not
less than two weeks before the date designated for the hearing.



(b)  Any notice provided pursuant to section
269-16(b), shall plainly state the rate, fare, charge, classification,
schedule, rule, or practice proposed to be established, abandoned, modified, or
departed from and the proposed effective date thereof and shall be given by
filing the notice with the commission and keeping it open for public
inspection.



(c)  Any public hearing held pursuant to
section 269-16(b), shall be a noticed public hearing or hearings on the island
or islands on which the utility provides utility services.  Notice of the
hearing, with the purpose thereof and the date, time, and place at which it
will open, shall be given not less than once in each of three weeks in the
county or counties in which the utility provides utility service, the first
notice being not less than twenty-one days before the public hearing and the
last notice being not more than two days before the scheduled hearing.  The
applicant or applicants shall notify their consumers or patrons of the proposed
change in rates and of the time and place of the public hearing not less than
one week before the date set, the manner and the fact of notification to be
reported to the commission before the date of hearing. [L 1913, c 89, §10; RL
1925, §2198; RL 1935, §7950; RL 1945, §4711; RL 1955, §104-11; HRS §269-12; am
L 1983, c 98, §1; am L 1991, c 57, §8; am L 1998, c 2, §81; am L 2009, c 29, §2]