Section 20-1.1-10 - Presiding officer; duties and powers(a) The board or the presiding officer of a meeting shall have the authority to: (1) Limit or terminate any testimony which the board or the presiding officer determines to be repetitious or made solely for purposes of delay;(2) Rearrange the order of the items on the agenda for the purpose of providing for the most efficient and convenient presentation of testimony;(3) Limit the amount of time for testimony per individual in order to allow persons to have an equal amount of time to testify, and the person testifying shall be informed prior to the commencement of the testimony of the time constraints to be imposed; and(4) Remove any person who wilfully disrupts the conduct of a meeting and to impose other reasonable conditions to ensure an orderly and efficient meeting. This section shall not limit, however, the powers of the board or the presiding officer under section 20-l.l-5(c).
(b) Unless it would be contrary to statutory requirements to do so, any section in this chapter may be suspended or waived by the board or by the presiding officer to prevent undue hardship in any particular instance.[Eff 3/18/2018] (Auth: HRS §§91-2, 92-3, 304A-104, 304-105) (Imp: HRS §§91-2, 92-3, 304A-104, 304A-105)