For civil actions with a probable jury award value of $150,000 or less, this section of the code establishes a mandatory arbitration program. The section instructs the court to develop rules for the implementation and administration for the program, and allows the chief justice to hire an arbitration administrator to run the program.
Hawaii Revised Statutes, Volume 13, Chapter 601, 601-20: Court annexed arbitration program
State Legislature of Hawaii. Dec. 1, 2018https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0601/HRS_0601-0020.htm