§271-16  Temporary authority.  To enable
the provision of service for which there is an immediate and urgent need to a
point or points or within a territory having no carrier service capable of
meeting the need, the public utilities commission may, in its discretion and
without hearings or other proceedings, grant temporary authority for service by
a common carrier or a contract carrier by motor vehicle, as the case may be. 
The temporary authority, unless suspended or revoked for good cause, shall be
valid for the time that the commission shall specify, but for no more than a
period of one-hundred-twenty days for any one immediate and urgent need.  If an
application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity or a permit
seeking corresponding permanent authority is filed in accordance with
applicable laws, regulations, and instructions not later than thirty days after
the issuance date of temporary authority, then the commission shall determine
at a public hearing held not later than one-hundred-twenty days after the
issuance date of temporary authority upon its own motion, or upon motion or
upon request by any interested party, whether any temporary operating authority
granted under this section shall be continued in force beyond the expiration date
specified therein, and until the determination of the application filed by the
holder of the temporary operating authority for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity or a permit to engage in operations authorized by the
temporary operating authority. [L 1961, c 121, pt of §2; Supp, §106C-14; HRS
§271-16; am L 1998, c 77, §1 and c 217, §1; am L 1999, c 16, §1]