§269-3  Employment of assistants.  (a) 
The chairperson of the public utilities commission may appoint and employ
clerks, stenographers, agents, engineers, accountants, and other assistants for
the public utilities commission as the chairperson finds necessary for the
performance of the commission's functions and define their powers and duties. 
The chairperson may appoint and, at pleasure, dismiss a chief administrator and
hearings officers as may be necessary.  Notwithstanding section 103D-209, the
chairperson shall appoint one or more attorneys independent of the attorney
general who shall act as attorneys for the commission and define their powers
and duties and fix their compensation.  The chief administrator, chief of
policy and research, chief of administrative support, chief of consumer affairs
and compliance, utility analysts, and attorneys shall be exempt from chapter
76.  Research assistants, economists, legal secretaries, legal assistants, and
enforcement officers may be appointed with or without regard to chapter 76. 
Other employees shall be appointed as may be needed by the chairperson in
accordance with chapter 76.



(b)  Notwithstanding section 91-13, the
commission may consult with its assistants appointed under authority of this
section in any contested case or agency hearing concerning any issue of facts. 
Neither the commission nor any of its assistants shall in such proceeding
consult with any other person or party except upon notice and an opportunity
for all parties to participate, save to the extent required for the disposition
of ex parte matters authorized by law. [L 1913, c 89, §2; RL 1925, §2190; am L
1933, c 141, §2; RL 1945, §4703; am L 1949, c 179, §1; RL 1955, §104-3; am imp
L 1963, c 21, §1 and c 114, §3; HRS §269-3; am L 1972, c 118, §2; am L 1976, c
165, §2; am L 1983, c 219, §4; am L 1985, c 292, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c
178, §1; am L 1991, c 57, §4; gen ch 1993; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §53; am L 2000, c
253, §150; am L 2006, c 143, §1; am L 2007, c 177, §3]



 



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  Restructuring of operations, etc.  L 2007, c 177, §4.