Aspinwall v. Tanaka

In Aspinwall v. Tanaka, 9 Haw. App. 396, 401-05, 843 P.2d 145, 147-49 (1992), cert. denied, 74 Haw. 651, 845 P.2d 1193 (1993), the Court held that the foregoing statute mandates that absent a continuance "for good cause shown," an administrative hearing to review the revocation of a driver's license must be commenced "within twenty-five days from the date the notice of administrative revocation was issued." A failure to commence the hearing within the statutory period voids the revocation of the driver's license. Id. at 402, 405, 843 P.2d at 148, 149. The Court also concluded that the continuance of an administrative revocation hearing is invalid if "good cause" is not shown for the continuance. Id. at 402, 843 P.2d at 148. In so holding, we relied on the legislative history of HRS 286-259, which clearly indicated the legislature's desire for the administrative revocation