HAR §18-237D-200-18. Substitution of parties

Applications to intervene in a proceeding shall comply with section 18-237D-200-13 and shall be served on all parties. Applications for intervention will be granted or denied at the discretion of the presiding officer. As a general policy, such applications shall be denied unless the petitioner shows that it has an interest in a question of law or fact involved in the contested matter and the petitioner's intervention will not result in the potential unauthorized disclosure of a return or return information." [Eff ] (Auth: HRS §231-10.7) (Imp: HRS §§91-9, 237D-8.5) 19. Chapter 18-237D, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended by adding a new section 18-237D-200- 19 to read as follows: "§18-237D-200-19 Prehearing conferences; exchange of exhibits; briefs. (a) The presiding officer may hold or cause to be held prehearing conferences with the parties for the purpose of formulating or simplifying the issues, arranging for the exchange of proposed exhibits or proposed written testimony, setting of schedules, exchanging of names of witnesses, limitation of number of witnesses, and such other matters as may expedite orderly conduct and disposition of the proceeding as permitted by law. (b) The presiding officer may request briefs setting forth the issues, facts, and legal arguments upon which the parties intend to rely and the presiding 17 officer may fix the conditions and time for the filing of briefs and the number of pages. Exhibits may be reproduced in an appendix to the brief. A brief of more than twenty pages shall contain a subject index and table of authorities." [Eff ] (Auth: HRS §231-10.7) (Imp: HRS §§91-9, 237D-8.5) 20. Chapter 18-237D, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended by adding a new section 18-237D-200- 20 to read as follows: "