HRS §431:9-240
Fine instead of license penalty
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗When a court hears an appeal of a license suspension, revocation, or refusal to extend, it can choose to impose a fine instead of the insurance commissioner's action. The fine must be paid within ten days to get the license back. This only applies if the court finds a violation and thinks the original penalty was too harsh, and not if the licensee had a similar prior penalty.
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The statute, as written — Fine in lieu
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Upon the hearing of an appeal from an order suspending, revoking, or refusing to extend any license issued under this article, the court may impose a fine of not more than $10,000 in lieu of the commissioner's action, and payment of the fine within ten days shall reinstate, restore or extend, the license if: (1) The court finds that the licensee is guilty of violation of the law; and (2) The court deems the suspension, revocation, or refusal too severe a penalty under the facts as found. (b) If it appears that a license of the licensee has previously been suspended, revoked, or refused for a similar offense, the court shall not have jurisdiction to impose a fine in lieu of the commissioner's action.
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