ROH §4-4.9
How committee hearings are run
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section says investigating committee hearings are open to the public unless the committee votes to close one. The chair runs the hearing and questions witnesses, or supervises others doing so. If the chair can't act, the vice-chair takes over, then an acting chair is chosen.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Conduct of hearing
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) All hearings of an investigating committee shall be public, unless the committee, by two-thirds vote of all its members, determines that a hearing may not be open to the public in a particular instance.
(b) The chair of an investigating committee, if present and able to act, shall preside at all hearings of the committee and shall conduct the examination of witnesses or supervise examination by other members of the committee, the committee’s counsel, or members of the committee’s staff who are so authorized. In the chair’s absence or disability, the vice-chair shall serve as presiding officer. In the absence or disability of both the chair and the vice-chair, an acting chair shall be selected from among the remaining members of the committee.
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