Hawaii Revised Statutes > Title 12 > Subtitle 6 – General and Miscellaneous Programs


Chapter 193	Conservation: Employment Programs	193-21 – 193-33
Chapter 194	Invasive Species Council	194-1 – 194-7
Chapter 195	Natural Area Reserves System	195-1 – 195-12
Chapter 195D	Conservation of Aquatic Life, Wildlife, and Land Plants	195D-1 – 195D-32
Chapter 195F	Forest Stewardship	195F-1 – 195F-8
Chapter 195H	Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority	195H-1 – 195H-16
Chapter 196	Energy Resources	196-1 – 196-103
Chapter 196D	Geothermal and Cable System Development	196D-1 – 196D-14
Chapter 197	General Provisions Relating to Aquatic Resources and Wildlife	197-1 – 197-5
Chapter 198	Conservation Easements	198-1 – 198-6
Chapter 198D	Hawaii Statewide Trail and Access System	198D-1 – 198D-13

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Title 12 > Subtitle 6 - General and Miscellaneous Programs

Acquisition: means acquiring by contract supplies or services, including construction, by and for the use of the State through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, or evaluated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Activity desk: means any sole proprietorship, organization, trust, group, association, partnership, corporation, society, or combination thereof, which for compensation or other consideration, acts or attempts to act as an intermediary to sell, contract for, arrange, or advertise that it can or will arrange, or has arranged, activities which are furnished by an activity provider. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468M-1
Activity provider: means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or any group of persons, whether incorporated or not, which provides specialized air, land, or sea tour excursions and activities, but does not mean sellers of airline coupons or tickets. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468M-1
Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
Administrator: means the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Adult: means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Advance health-care directive: means an individual instruction or a power of attorney for health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Advance mental health care directive: means a written document expressing preferences, instructions, or a power of attorney for mental health treatment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Advanced practice registered nurse: means a registered nurse licensed to practice in the State who has met the qualifications of chapter 457 and who, because of advanced education and specialized clinical training, is authorized to assess, screen, diagnose, order, utilize, or perform medical, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective measures, including prescribing medication. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Aerial device: means any fireworks containing one hundred thirty milligrams or less of explosive materials that produces an audible or visible effect and is designed to rise into the air and explode or detonate in the air or to fly about above the ground, and that is prohibited for use by any person who does not have a permit for display issued by a county under § 132D-16. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Agency: means the judiciary, any executive department, independent commission, board, authority, bureau, office, other establishment of the State (except the legislature and its agencies), or public corporation that is supported in whole or in part by state funds, or any agent thereof, authorized by law to expend available moneys; provided that the Hawaii health systems corporation and its regional system boards shall not be governed by this chapter for any financing agreement unless it elects to be. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Agency: means the Hawaii emergency management agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
Agency: means any department, office, board, or commission of the State or a county government which is a part of the executive branch of that government, but does not include any public corporation or authority that may be established by the legislature for the purposes of the project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Agency: means any executive department, independent commission, board, bureau, office, or other establishment of the State, or any quasi-public institution that is supported in whole or in part by state funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Agent: means an individual designated in a power of attorney for health care to make a health-care decision for the individual granting the power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Agent: means a competent adult designated in a power of attorney contained in an advance mental health care directive to make a mental health care decision for the individual granting the power and includes all designated alternate agents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Agent: means an individual:
(1) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or
(2) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
Anatomical gift: means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purposes of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Animal: means any animal except human beings;
"Board" means the Hawaii board of veterinary medicine of the State;
"Client" means the animal patient's owner, owner's agent, or other person presenting the animal patient for care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
animal patient: means any animal or group of animals receiving veterinary care from a veterinarian. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Applicant: means any person who, pursuant to statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation, requests approval or a permit of the proposed project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Approval: means a discretionary consent required from an agency prior to the actual implementation of the project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Aquatic life: means any type or species of mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, invertebrate, coral or other animal that inhabits the freshwater and marine environment and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof; or freshwater and marine plants, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Aquatic life: means any type of species of mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, invertebrate, coral, or other animals that inhabit the freshwater or marine environment, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or freshwater or marine plants, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Articles pyrotechnic: means pyrotechnic devices for professional use similar to consumer fireworks in chemical composition and construction but not intended for consumer use that meet the weight limits for consumer fireworks but are not labeled as such, and that are classified as UN0431 or UN0432 by the United States Department of Transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
ASHA: means the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the national administrative office of which is located in Rockville, Maryland, 10801 Rockville Pike (20852). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468E-2
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Assistance: means emergency responders and resources provided by a responding member county in response to a request from a requesting member county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
attendance: means a student is physically present in school after enrollment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
Attending provider: means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 453 or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 457 who has responsibility for the care of the patient and treatment of the patient's terminal disease. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Attorney general: means the attorney general of the State or any duly designated deputy attorney general. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
Audiologist: means an individual who practices audiology. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468E-2
Authority: means the Mauna Kea stewardship and oversight authority. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Authority: means the Hawaii green infrastructure authority as established under section 196-63. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Available: means that the vehicle is physically present and not rented for the requested rental period. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Available moneys: means moneys appropriated or otherwise made available, from time to time, by the legislature to pay amounts due under a financing agreement for the fiscal period in which the payments are due, together with any unexpended proceeds of the financing agreement, and any reserves or other amounts that have been deposited in trust to pay amounts due under the financing agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Best interest: means that the benefits to the individual resulting from a treatment outweigh the burdens to the individual resulting from that treatment and shall include:
(1) The effect of the treatment on the physical, emotional, and cognitive functions of the patient;
(2) The degree of physical pain or discomfort caused to the individual by the treatment or the withholding or withdrawal of the treatment;
(3) The degree to which the individual's medical condition, the treatment, or the withholding or withdrawal of treatment, results in a severe and continuing impairment;
(4) The effect of the treatment on the life expectancy of the patient;
(5) The prognosis of the patient for recovery, with and without the treatment;
(6) The risks, side effects, and benefits of the treatment or the withholding of treatment; and
(7) The religious beliefs and basic values of the individual receiving treatment, to the extent that these may assist the surrogate decision-maker in determining benefits and burdens. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Best interests: means that the benefits to the principal resulting from a mental health treatment outweigh the burdens to the principal resulting from that treatment and includes:
(1) The effect of the mental health treatment on the physical, mental, emotional, and cognitive functions of the principal;
(2) The degree of physical and mental pain or discomfort caused to the principal by the mental health treatment or the withholding or withdrawal of that treatment;
(3) The degree to which the principal's medical condition, the mental health treatment, or the withholding or withdrawal of mental health treatment, results in a severe and continuing impairment;
(4) The effect of the mental health treatment on the life expectancy of the principal;
(5) The prognosis of the principal for recovery or remission, with and without the mental health treatment;
(6) The risks, side effects, and benefits of the mental health treatment or the withholding of mental health treatment; and
(7) The religious beliefs and basic values of the principal receiving mental health treatment known to the agent, to the extent that these may assist the agent in determining benefits and burdens. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Board: means the state board of speech pathology and audiology, established under § 468E-6. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468E-2
Board: means any department or board of a county authorized to issue revenue bonds under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195-2
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Board: means the board of water supply of each county;
"Council" means the council of each county;
"County" means a county or city and county of the State;
"County attorney" means the legal advisor of a county;
"County auditor" means the auditor or finance officer of a county performing the audit function;
"County treasurer" means the county official maintaining its treasury;
"Mayor" means the executive officer of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 54-11
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Board: means the board of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
Body part: means an eye or other organ, or tissue of a human being. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Bond: means any bond, note, and other evidence of indebtedness that is issued by the State pursuant to part of chapter 269. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Branch: means the insurance fraud investigations branch of the insurance division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Candidate species: means any species being considered by the United States Secretary of the Interior for listing as an endangered or threatened species, but not yet the subject of a proposed rule. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Capable: means that in the opinion of the patient's attending provider or consulting provider, psychiatrist, psychologist, or clinical social worker, a patient has the ability to understand the patient's choices for care, including risks and benefits, and make and communicate health care decisions to health care providers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Capacity: means an individual's ability to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed health care and to make and communicate a health-care decision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Capacity: means a principal's ability to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed mental health care or treatment and to make and communicate a mental health care decision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
Chairperson: means the chairperson of the authority. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Chambers: A judge's office.
Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
Chief energy officer: means the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Child: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 28-181
Cigarette: means :
(1) Any roll for smoking, whether made wholly or in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespective of size or shape, and whether or not the tobacco or substance is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, with a wrapper or cover that is made of paper or any other substance or material, other than tobacco; or
(2) Any roll for smoking wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, due to its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to or purchased by consumers as a cigarette as described in paragraph (1). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
Civil service: includes all positions within a jurisdiction that are not exempted by § 46-33, 76-16, or 76-77, or by other law and must be filled through civil service recruitment procedures based on merit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
Clean energy investments: means the purchase, installation, or both, of clean energy technology, including energy-efficiency measures, green transportation infrastructure, recycling, and renewable energy technology. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Clean energy technology: means any technology as defined in section 269-121(b). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
Commercial property: means any existing or new real property not defined as a residential property, and shall include any property where there is a leasehold or possessory interest in the property and any multi-family dwelling or townhouse consisting of five or more units as well as agricultural property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Commercial property assessed financing assessment: means the non-ad valorem special tax assessment that secures the repayment of financing obtained by an owner of commercial property for a qualifying improvement and that appears on a property tax bill. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Commercial property assessed financing assessment contract: means the financing contract, under the commercial property assessed financing program, by and among one or more commercial property assessed financing lenders, one or more commercial property owners, and the authority as the administrator of the commercial property assessed financing program for the acquisition or installation of qualifying improvements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Commercial property assessed financing lender: means a financial institution as defined pursuant to § 412:1-109, or a private or public lender approved by the authority, as the administrator of the commercial property assessed financing program, to originate commercial property assessed financing assessment contracts, and which may include any successor or assignee of the lender as provided in the commercial property assessed financing assessment contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Commercial property assessed financing program: means a program to finance qualifying improvements on commercial properties that are repaid through a non-ad valorem special tax assessment on the commercial property owner's property tax bill. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Commercial sexual exploitation of children: means any sexual activity involving a child for the exchange or promise of anything of value by any person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 28-181
Commission: means the Hawaii state emergency response commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Commission: means the natural area reserves system commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195-2
Commission: means the animal species advisory commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Commissioning: means a quality-oriented process, which takes place during design and construction, for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meets defined objectives and criteria with regards to energy conservation design strategies and the energy performance of buildings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Committee: means the access Hawaii committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
Committee: means the local emergency planning committee within each county responsible for preparing hazardous material plans and performing other functions under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and [this chapter]. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
committee: means the legislative advisory committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 23-62
Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Compact fluorescent lamp: means a compact low-pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated by the mercury discharge into visible light, and includes the following characteristics:
(1) One base (end cap) of any type, including but not limited to screw, bayonet, two pins, and four pins;
(2) Integrally ballasted or non-integrally ballasted;
(3) Light emission between a correlated color temperature of one thousand seven hundred Kelvin and twenty-four thousand Kelvin and a Duv of +0. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-101
Compensation: means money or any other valuable thing, regardless of form, received or to be received by a person for services rendered. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Competent adult: means an individual eighteen years of age or older who has the capacity to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed mental health care or treatment and to make and communicate mental health care decisions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
Conservation: means to use and the use of all methods and procedures for the purpose of managing populations of aquatic life and wildlife and their habitats. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Consultation: means when a veterinarian seeks and receives advice in person, telephonically, electronically, or by any other method of communication from another veterinarian or other person whose expertise, in the opinion of the veterinarian, would benefit an animal patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Consulting provider: means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 453 who is qualified by specialty or experience to make a professional diagnosis and prognosis regarding the patient's disease or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 457 who is qualified by specialty or experience to diagnose and prescribe medication. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Consumer fireworks: include firework items commonly known as firecrackers that are single paper cylinders not exceeding one and one-half inches in length excluding the fuse and one-quarter of an inch in diameter and contain a charge of not more than fifty milligrams of pyrotechnic composition, snakes, sparklers, fountains, and cylindrical or cone fountains that emit effects up to a height not greater than twelve feet above the ground, illuminating torches, bamboo cannons, whistles, toy smoke devices, wheels, and ground spinners that when ignited remain within a circle with a radius of twelve feet as measured from the point where the item was placed and ignited, novelty or trick items, combination items, and other fireworks of like construction that are designed to produce the same or similar effects. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Continuing education courses: means courses approved by the National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of Social Workers Chapters, or the Association of Social Work Boards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467E-1
Conventional vehicle: means a vehicle powered solely by an internal combustion engine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Cost-effective: means that utility bill savings are achieved by the installation of an energy-efficiency measure; provided that the utility bill savings exceed the energy-efficiency measure's installation and carrying costs in an amount sufficient to repay a loan issued pursuant to section 196- and in the manner required by that section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Council: means the [invasive species council]. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 194-1
Counseling: means one or more consultations, which may be provided through telehealth, as necessary between a psychiatrist licensed under chapter 453, psychologist licensed under chapter 465, clinical social worker licensed pursuant to chapter 467E, advanced practice registered nurse or clinical nurse specialist licensed under chapter 457 with psychiatric or mental health training, or marriage and family therapist licensed pursuant to chapter 451J, and a patient for the purpose of determining that the patient is capable, and that the patient does not appear to be suffering from undertreatment or nontreatment of depression or other conditions that may interfere with the patient's ability to make an informed decision pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
counties: means the city and county of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 50-2
County: means the city and county of Honolulu or the county of Hawaii, Kauai, or Maui; provided that the county of Maui shall include the county of Kalawao for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
County: means the city and county of Honolulu, the county of Hawaii, the county of Kauai, and the county of Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
County: means the city and county of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui, the board of water supply of the city and county of Honolulu and the boards of water supply of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
County agency: means a county or any officer or agency thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
county director of budget and fiscal services: means the officer or officers of the county charged with the responsibility of administering the real property taxation function of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Cultural: means relating to the arts, customs, traditions, mores, and history of all of the various ethnic groups of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Dealer: means the same as defined in § 245-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
Decedent: A deceased person.
Decedent: means a deceased individual whose body or body part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Department: means the department of budget and finance of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327K-1
Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467E-1
Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468M-1
Department: means any department, board, commission, or agency of a jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
Department: means any entity that is a member of the [invasive species council] established under section [ 194-2(a) ]. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 194-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195-2
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Department: means the department of land and natural resources or any successor agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-111
Department: means department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Department: means the department of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism, or any successor by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Descendent: One who is directly descended from another such as a child, grandchild, or great grandchild.
Devise: To gift property by will.
Direct payments: means governmental compensation of landowners for their discovery, care, maintenance, and recovery of endangered, threatened, proposed, or candidate species or their essential habitat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 26H-3
Director: means the director of finance of the State or any duly designated deputy director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467E-1
Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468M-1
Director: means the head of the central personnel agency for a jurisdiction regardless of title, whether it is the director of human resources development, director of personnel, director of personnel services, or personnel director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-111
Director: means the director of business, economic development, and tourism, or the director's designee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Director of finance: means the director of finance of the various counties. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Discretionary consent: means a consent, sanction, or recommendation from an agency for which judgment and free will may be exercised by the issuing agency, as distinguished from a ministerial consent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Disinterested witness: means a witness other than the spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Display: means the use of aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic for any activity, including such activities as movie or television production. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Display fireworks: means any fireworks designed primarily for exhibition display by producing visible or audible effects and classified as display fireworks or contained in the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation and designated as UN0333, UN0334, or UN0335, and includes salutes containing more than two grains (one hundred and thirty milligrams) of explosive materials, aerial shells containing more than forty grams of pyrotechnic compositions, and other display pieces which exceed the limits of explosive materials for classification as "consumer fireworks". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Distributed energy resources: includes but is not limited to solar photovoltaic and thermal, wind, combined heat and power, electrical and thermal energy storage, demand response technologies, alternative energy vehicles and related infrastructure, microgrids, energy efficiency, and advanced inverters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Distributor: means :
(1) Every person who refines, manufactures, produces, or compounds fuel in the State and sells it at wholesale or retail, or who uses it directly in the manufacture of products or for the generation of power;
(2) Every person who imports or causes to be imported into the State, or exports or causes to be exported from the State, any fuel;
(3) Every person who acquires fuel through exchanges with another distributor; and
(4) Every person who purchases fuel for resale at wholesale or retail rates from any person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Document of gift: means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Donee: The recipient of a gift.
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Donor: means an individual whose body or body part is the subject of an anatomical gift. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Donor registry: means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Ecosystem: means all natural elements, physical and biological, of the habitat or site in which any aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant species is found, and upon which it is dependent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Electric vehicle: means a vehicle powered by an electric motor via electricity:
(1) Stored in a high capacity battery; or
(2) Generated from an onboard fuel cell. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Electricity: means all electrical energy produced by combustion of any fuel, or generated or produced using wind, the sun, geothermal heat, ocean water, falling water, currents, and waves, or any other source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Emancipated minor: means a person under eighteen years of age who is totally self-supporting. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Emancipated minor: means an individual less than eighteen years of age who is deemed to be emancipated pursuant to § 577-25. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Emergency: means an event or set of circumstances that:
(1) Demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life and public property, or provide relief to any stricken community overtaken by the event or circumstance; or
(2) Reaches a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the declaration of a state of emergency or local state of emergency, pursuant to § 127A-14. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
Emergency responder: includes but is not limited to law enforcement officers, fire fighters, emergency medical services personnel, physicians, nurses, other public health personnel, emergency management personnel, and public works personnel. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
Emergency response: means the response to a natural or human-caused disaster. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Endangered species: means any species whose continued existence as a viable component of Hawaii's indigenous fauna or flora is determined to be in jeopardy and has been so designated pursuant to § 195D-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Endangered Species Act: means the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 87 Stat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Energy: means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or source whatsoever. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Energy resources: means fuel, and also includes all electrical or thermal energy produced by combustion of any fuel, or generated, produced, or stored using wind, the sun, geothermal heat, ocean water, falling water, currents, waves, or any other source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
ENERGY STAR: means a labeling program introduced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary labeling program designed to identify and promote energy-efficient products, in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Energy-efficiency measure: means any type of project conducted, or technology implemented, to reduce the consumption of energy in a public building. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
enrollment: means a student has met all of the department's requirements for entrance and is formally placed on a school's roll. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
Environment: means any waters, including surface water, ground water, or drinking water; any land surface or any subsurface strata; or any ambient air, within the State or under the jurisdiction of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Environmental impact statement: means , as applicable, an informational document prepared in compliance with chapter 343 or with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
Ethic courses: include ethic theory, ethical reasoning, ethical principles, ethical dilemmas, and professional ethics. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467E-1
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Exempt government employee: means an employee in a social worker position with any federal, state, or county government agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467E-1
Extremely hazardous substance: means any substance listed in Appendix A of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 355, as amended, or as defined by rules adopted by the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Eye bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Facility: means any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly-owned treatment works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage container, motor carrier, rolling stock, aircraft, site, or area where a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant has been deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, or otherwise comes to be located. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Facility: means a building or buildings or similar structure owned or leased by, or otherwise under the jurisdiction of, an agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Faucet: means a lavatory faucet, kitchen faucet, metering faucet, or replacement aerator for a lavatory or kitchen faucet. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Financial institution: means any organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions, including without limitation banks, savings banks, savings and loan companies or associations, financial services loan companies, and credit unions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Financing agreement: means any lease purchase agreement, installment sale agreement, loan agreement, line of credit, or other agreement of the department or, with the approval of the director, and any agency, to finance the improvement, use, or acquisition of real or personal property that is or will be owned or operated by one or more agencies of the State, the department, or any agency, or to refinance previously executed financing agreements including certificates of participation relating thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Financing order: means the same as defined in section 269A-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Financing party: means the same as defined in section 269A-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Fireworks: means any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation and that meets the definition of aerial device or consumer or display fireworks as defined by this section and contained in the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation as set forth in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
Foreign limited liability partnership: means a partnership that:
(1) Is formed under laws other than the laws of this State; and
(2) Has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
Form: means a provider orders for life-sustaining treatment form adopted by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327K-1
Fuel: means fuels, whether liquid, solid, or gaseous, commercially usable for energy needs, power generation, and fuels manufacture, that may be manufactured, grown, produced, or imported into the State or that may be exported therefrom, including petroleum and petroleum products and gases to include all fossil fuel-based gases, coal tar, vegetable ferments, biomass, municipal solid waste, biofuels, hydrogen, agricultural products used as fuels and as feedstock to produce fuels, and all fuel alcohols. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Fund: means the forest stewardship fund as established by § 195F-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Governing body: means the body, council, or board charged with exercising the legislative authority of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Governing body: means council of each county, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Government agency: means any government agency that stores, gathers, or generates public information, including all branches of government, all executive departments, boards, and commissions of the State or counties, and all public corporations created by the legislature. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
Green energy money saver on-bill program: means the tariff-based on-bill repayment mechanism approved for the exclusive use of the authority by the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure bond fund: means the special fund created pursuant to section 196-67. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure charge: means the on-bill charges for the use and services of the loan program, including the repayment of loans made under the loan program, as authorized by the public utilities commission to be imposed on electric utility customers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure costs: means costs incurred or to be incurred by the electric utility customers to pay for clean energy technology, demand response technology, and energy use reduction and demand side management infrastructure including, without limitation, the purchase or installation of green infrastructure equipment, programs, and services authorized by the loan program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure equipment: means infrastructure improvements, equipment, and personal property to be installed to deploy clean energy technology, demand response technology, and energy use reduction and demand side management infrastructure. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure fee: means the same as defined in section 269-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure loan program order: means the same as defined in section 269-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
green infrastructure loans: means the program established by this part under § 196-62 and capitalized by the issuance of green energy market securitization bonds to finance the purchase or installation of green infrastructure equipment for clean energy technology, demand response technology, and energy use reduction and demand side management infrastructure, programs, and services as authorized by the public utilities commission using the proceeds of bonds . See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure property: means the same as defined in section 269-161. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Green infrastructure special fund: means the special fund created pursuant to section 196-67. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Guardian: means a judicially appointed guardian having authority to make a health-care decision for an individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Guardian: means a judicially appointed guardian or conservator having authority to make a mental health care decision for a principal, appointed under part 3 of article V of chapter 560. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Guardian: means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, and welfare of an individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Habitat: means a locality or environment in which aquatic life, wildlife or land plants (as defined in chapter 195D) grow or live. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Habitat banking: means a program that would allow a landowner, on whose property are found endangered, threatened, proposed, or candidate species or their essential habitat that would be impacted by a project being conducted on the property to purchase another property on which those affected species are found for the purposes of preserving those species as part of an approved habitat conservation plan. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
hazardous substance: means any hazardous substance as defined in chapter 128D. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition, including:
(1) Selection and discharge of health-care providers and institutions;
(2) Approval or disapproval of diagnostic tests, surgical procedures, programs of medication, and orders not to resuscitate; and
(3) Direction to provide, withhold, or withdraw artificial nutrition and hydration; provided that withholding or withdrawing artificial nutrition or hydration is in accord with generally accepted health care standards applicable to health-care providers or institutions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Health care institution: means an institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Health care provider: means an individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Health care provider: means an individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of the individual's business or profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327K-1
Health care provider: means a program, agency, clinic, health care center, physician licensed under the provisions of chapter 453, advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the provisions of chapter 457, pharmacist licensed under the provisions of chapter 461, physician's assistant licensed under the provisions of chapter 453, person authorized to practice medicine as a physician or physician's assistant, or nursing as an advanced practice registered nurse, in federal facilities located in the State, that administers immunizations in Hawaii, or any other person authorized to prescribe vaccinations in Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-121
Health organization: means a health insurance company, fraternal benefit society governed by article 2 of chapter 432, mutual benefit society governed by article 1 of chapter 432, health care service plan or health maintenance organization governed by chapter 432D, or any other entity delivering or issuing for delivery in the State accident and health or sickness insurance as defined in § 431:1-205. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-121
Health-care decision: means a decision made by an individual or the individual's agent, guardian, or surrogate, regarding the individual's health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Health-care institution: means an institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Health-care provider: means an individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Heritage program: means a comprehensive natural resource inventory data base for public information that includes the location of rare plants, animals, and natural communities (ecosystems) in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195-2
High color rendering index fluorescent lamp: means a fluorescent lamp with a color rendering index of eighty-seven or greater that is not a compact fluorescent lamp. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Hospital: means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Human trafficking: includes "severe forms of trafficking in persons" as defined in title 22 United States Code § 7102(11), and "sex trafficking" as defined in title 22 United States Code § 7102(12) and as described in section 712-1202. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 28-181
Hybrid vehicle: means a vehicle powered by a combination of an electric motor and a small internal combustion engine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Identification card: means an identification card issued by a state or county authority or a driver's license issued by the examiner of drivers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
Indigenous species: means any aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant (as defined in chapter 195D) growing or living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought directly or indirectly to Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Indigenous species: means any aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant species growing or living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought to Hawaii by humans. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Indirect supervision: means the veterinarian is not on the premises, but:
(1) Has given either written or oral instructions for treatment of the animal patient;
(2) Is readily available by telephone or other forms of immediate communication; and
(3) Has assumed responsibility for the veterinary care given to the animal patient by a person working under their sponsorship. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Individual instruction: means an individual's direction concerning a health-care decision for the individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Informed decision: means a decision by a qualified patient to request and obtain a prescription to end the qualified patient's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Insurance policy: means a contract issued by an insurer or other licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
Interagency group: means the body established pursuant to § 196D-6. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
Interested persons: means the patient's spouse, unless legally separated or estranged, a reciprocal beneficiary, any adult child, either parent of the patient, an adult sibling or adult grandchild of the patient, or any adult who has exhibited special care and concern for the patient and who is familiar with the patient's personal values. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Internet: means the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the internet protocol (IP), or its subsequent extension; and that is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite, or its subsequent extension, or other IP-compatible protocols; and that provides, uses, or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, information to users. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
Internet portal: means the centralized electronic information system by which public information is provided via dial-in modem or continuous link to the public through subscriptions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
Introduction: means an act of establishing aquatic life or wildlife into a habitat to which it is not indigenous. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
Jurisdiction: means another state, the District of Columbia, or any territory of the United States, or any province of Canada. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Jurisdiction: means the State, the city and county of Honolulu, the county of Hawaii, the county of Maui, the county of Kauai, the judiciary, the department of education, the University of Hawaii, and the Hawaii health systems corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
Know: means to have actual knowledge. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Land plant: means any member of the plant kingdom, including seeds, roots and other parts thereof, except freshwater or marine plants. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Landowner: means any person or entity having the fee simple interest in land in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195-2
Landowner: means any person having an interest in or holding any encumbrance upon land in the State, including any person having a lease interest in the real property with an unexpired term of ten or more years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Landowner: means an owner of land or any estate or interest in that land when acting with the consent of the fee owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Lease: means the contractual right to possess and use a specified portion of land for a term of years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Legally authorized representative: means an agent, guardian, or surrogate, as those terms are defined in § 327E-2, or agent designated through a power of attorney for health care, as defined in § 327E-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327K-1
Legislative body of the county: means the county council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 50-2
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
License: means a nontransferable, formal authorization, valid for a period not to exceed one calendar year from the date of issuance and which the department is hereby authorized to issue under this chapter, to engage in the act or acts specifically designated herein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
License: means written permission by the department of land and natural resources to do a particular act or series of acts which without such permission would be unauthorized or prohibited. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Licensee: means an entity licensed under and governed by title 24, including an insurer governed by chapter 431, a mutual benefit society governed by article 1 of chapter 432, a fraternal benefit society governed by article 2 of chapter 432, or a health maintenance organization governed by chapter 432D, and their respective agents and employees engaged in the business of the licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
Life-cycle cost-effective: means the life-cycle costs of a product, project, or measure that are estimated to be equal to or less than the base case, i. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Life-cycle costs: means the sum of the present values of investment costs, capital costs, installation costs, energy costs, operating costs, maintenance costs, and disposal costs, over the lifetime of the project, product, or measure. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Limited liability company: means a limited liability company formed under chapter 428. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Limited liability partnership: means a partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under section 425-152 and does not have a similar statement in effect in any other jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Line of credit: means an account at a financial institution under which the financial institution agrees to lend money to the department or to an agency, with the approval of the director and the agency, from time to time to finance one or more projects that are authorized by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Linear fluorescent lamp: means a low-pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source in which a fluorescent coating transforms some of the ultraviolet energy generated by the mercury discharge into visible light, and includes all of the following characteristics:
(1) Two bases (end caps) of any type, including but not limited to single-pin, two-pin, and recessed double contact;
(2) Light emission between a correlated color temperature of one thousand seven hundred Kelvin and twenty-four thousand Kelvin and a Duv of +0. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-101
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Loan fund program: means the clean energy and energy efficiency revolving loan fund program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Loan program: means the activities and policies undertaken by any county to provide:
(1) Assistance to members of the general public who are residents of the county by making loans or causing loans to be made available to them for purposes as may be authorized by law; or
(2) Loans to private nonprofit organizations or public instrumentalities, or to wholly owned affiliates thereof, for the development of low and moderate income housing pursuant to section 46-15. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Manufacturer: means :
(1) Any entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere, and intends to sell these cigarettes:
(A) In this State; or
(B) Anywhere in the United States through an importer;
(2) The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or
(3) Any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in paragraph (1) or (2). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
Mauna Kea lands: means lands under the state lease, as defined in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Medical emergency: means any disease-related situation that threatens life or limb. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-101
Medical personnel: means any health care provider in the State, as provided in § 323D-2, who deals directly or indirectly with the identified patient or the patient's contacts, and includes hospital emergency room personnel, the staff of the communicable disease division of the department of health, and any other department personnel as designated by the director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-101
Medically confirmed: means the medical opinion of the attending provider has been confirmed by a consulting provider who has examined the patient and the patient's relevant medical records. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Mental health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect a principal's mental condition, including:
(1) Selection and discharge of health care providers and institutions;
(2) Approval or disapproval of diagnostic tests, surgical procedures, and programs of medication; and
(3) Approval or disapproval of electroconvulsive treatment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Mental health care decision: means a decision made by a principal or the principal's agent or guardian regarding the principal's mental health care or mental health treatment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Mental health treatment: means any form of treatment used for the treatment of mental illness, including but not limited to electroconvulsive treatment, the use of psychotropic medication, and admission to and retention in a health care facility for the care or treatment of mental illness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Merit appeals board: means a jurisdiction's appellate body for purposes of section 76-14 regardless of whether it is named merit appeals board, civil service commission, or appeals board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
Mobile equipment: means any state-owned vessel, aircraft, or off-road vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Native vegetation: means a diverse vegetation consisting mostly of plants endemic or indigenous to Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Natural area reserve: means an area designated as a part of the Hawaii natural area reserves system, pursuant to criteria established by the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195-2
Natural communities: means a natural assemblage of plants or animals that occurs within certain elevation, moisture, and habitat conditions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Net sales: means gross sales minus the commission paid to activity desks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468M-1
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Non-ad valorem special tax assessment: means a special tax assessment or governmental charge levied by the county as provided in section 196- on a benefitted commercial property that appears on a property tax bill. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
Operational control: means the limited authority to direct tasks, assignments, and use of assistance provided pursuant to a request for assistance issued under this chapter to address:
(1) Response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to an emergency; or
(2) Participation in drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
Option to purchase: means a legally binding agreement between a buyer and a seller, which gives the buyer the option, but not the obligation, to purchase the solar energy system or other installed equipment at an agreed upon price, prior to the maturity date of the power purchase agreement or energy performance contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Organ procurement organization: means a person designated by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Parent: means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Participant: means an injection drug user who exchanges a sterile needle and syringe unit pursuant to the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-111
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Partnership: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under § 425-109, a predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Patient: means a person who is under the care of an attending provider. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Permanent: means the state of one object being affixed to another object by glue or other means in a manner that the affixed object is intended to not be easily removable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Permit: means a nontransferable, formal authorization, valid for a period not to exceed one calendar year from the date of issuance and which a county is hereby authorized to issue under this chapter, to engage in the act or acts specifically designated herein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Permit: means any license, permit, certificate, certification, approval, compliance schedule, or other similar document or decision pertaining to any regulatory or management program which is related to the protection, conservation, use of, or interference with the natural resources of land, air, or water in the State and which is required prior to or in connection with the undertaking of the project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint venture, commercial entity, state, county, commission, or, to the extent the United States or an interstate body is subject to this chapter, the United States or the interstate body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Person: means any individual, organization, or corporate body, except that only an individual may be licensed under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468E-2
Person: includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or an association, except as otherwise defined in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Person: includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, corporation, joint venture, consortium, any public corporation or authority that may be established by the legislature for the purposes of the project, or other legal entity other than an agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association, or any other private entity, or any officer, employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of the federal government, of any state or political subdivision thereof, or of any foreign government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Person: means any individual, company, association, organization, group, partnership, business, trust, or corporation; but shall exclude:
(1) Insurers, as defined in § 431:1-202, and other licensees, as defined in this part; and
(2) Licensed attorneys acting in their capacity as attorneys for a claimant other than the licensed attorney. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Personal property: means tangible personal property, software, and fixtures. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 453. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 453. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Physician: means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy licensed to practice medicine pursuant to chapter 453 by the Hawaii medical board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Plumbing fixture: means an exchangeable device that connects to a plumbing system to deliver and drain away water and waste. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Political subdivision: means and includes all counties and municipalities of the State insofar as they are supported by or handle state or public funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 23-1
Pollution control project: means any processing enterprise consisting of property, or improvements or alterations to property, designed, acquired, constructed, installed, or modified, and certified as necessary or desirable by the state department of health, to abate, control, reduce, treat, eliminate, or dispose of solid waste, and specifically includes facilities which incidentally provide for the recovery of energy or material resources, or both. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Portable electric spa: means a factory-built electric spa or hot tub, which may include any combination of integral controls, water heating, or water circulating equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Portal manager: means the entity or person engaged to manage and operate the internet portal on behalf of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
Position: means a specific job requiring the full or part-time employment of one person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 76-11
Post-secondary school: means any adult education school, business school, trade school, community college, college, or university enrolling or registering students above the age of compulsory attendance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-121
Potential natural area reserve: means land or water areas within the protective subzone of the conservation district established pursuant to chapter 183C, intact native natural communities identified by the heritage program under chapter 195, and other lands or waters meeting criteria established by the natural area reserves system commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
Power of attorney: means the designation of an agent to make mental health care decisions for the principal granting the power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Power of attorney for health care: means the designation of an agent to make health-care decisions for the individual granting the power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Power purchase agreement: means a contract between two parties, one that generates electricity, or the seller, and one that seeks to purchase electricity, or the buyer, that defines all of the commercial terms for the sale of electricity between the two parties. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Practice of social work: means applying the formal knowledge base, theoretical concepts, specific functional skills, and essential social values that are used to effect change in human behavior, emotional responses, and social conditions, and helping individuals, couples, families, groups, and community organizations enhance or restore their capacities for personal and social functioning while preventing and controlling social problems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 467E-1
practice of speech pathology: means the application of principles, methods, and procedures of measurement, prediction, evaluation, testing, counseling, consultation, and instruction related to the development and disorders of speech and related language and hearing for the purpose of modifying speech and related language and hearing disorders. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468E-2
Practice of veterinary medicine: includes medical, surgical, and dental care of animals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Prescription: means prescription medication or medications that the qualified patient may self-administer to end the qualified patient's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
Primary physician: means a physician designated by an individual or the individual's agent, guardian, or surrogate, to have primary responsibility for the individual's health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Primary physician: means a physician designated by a principal or the principal's agent or guardian to have primary responsibility for the principal's health care, including mental health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Principal: means a competent adult or emancipated minor who has executed a written advance mental health care directive or power of attorney for mental health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Probate: Proving a will
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Procurement organization: means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Program: means the forest stewardship program established in § 195F-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Program: means the sterile needle and syringe exchange program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-111
Program implementation agreement: means a written forest stewardship management contract between the board and program applicant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195F-2
Project: means the real and personal property to be acquired or improved by the department or an agency with the proceeds of a financing agreement of the department or the agency, respectively, or provided to the agency by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Project: means the commercial development, construction, installation, financing, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement, including without limitation all applicable exploratory, testing, and predevelopment activities related to the foregoing of:
(1) A geothermal power plant or plants, including all associated equipment, facilities, wells, and transmission lines, on the island of Hawaii for the purpose of generating electric energy for transmission primarily to the island of Oahu through the cable system; and
(2) An interisland deep water electrical transmission cable system, including all land-based transmission lines and other ancillary facilities, to transmit geothermally generated electric energy from the island of Hawaii to the island of Oahu, regardless of whether the cable system is used to deliver electric energy to any intervening point. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Project agreement: means any lease, sublease, loan agreement, conditional sale agreement, or other similar financing contract or agreement, or combination thereof entered into under this chapter by the county, including the financing of a pollution control project from the proceeds of the special purpose revenue bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Project party: means the person with whom the county enters into a project agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Property: means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Property rights: means , with respect to personal property, the rights of a secured party under chapter 490, and, with respect to real property, the rights of a trustee or lender under a lease authorized by section 37D-3(4). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Prospective donor: means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a body part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Provider orders for life-sustaining treatment form: means a form signed by a patient, or if incapacitated, by the patient's legally authorized representative and the patient's provider, that records the patient's wishes and that directs a health care provider regarding the provision of resuscitative and life-sustaining measures. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327K-1
Psychologist: means an individual authorized to practice psychology under chapter 465. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Public lands: means lands owned by the federal government, the State, or a county, or lands owned by any political subdivision of the federal government, the State, or a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
pyrotechnic contents: means the combustible or explosive component of fireworks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Qualified patient: means a capable adult who is a resident of the State and has satisfied the requirements of this chapter in order to obtain a prescription to end the qualified patient's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Qualifying improvement: means a septic system or aerobic treatment unit system or connection to sewer systems, clean energy technology, efficiency technology, resiliency measure, or other improvement approved by the authority. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Reasonably available: means able to be contacted with a level of diligence appropriate to the seriousness and urgency of a patient's health care needs, and willing and able to act in a timely manner considering the urgency of the patient's health care needs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Reasonably available: means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
Recipient: means an individual into whose body a decedent's body part has been or is intended to be transplanted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Reciprocal beneficiary: means a party to a valid reciprocal beneficiary relationship as defined in chapter 572C. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
recover: means that the number of individuals of the protected species has increased to the point that the measures provided under this chapter or the federal Endangered Species Act are no longer needed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Refusal: means a record created under § 327-7 that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or body part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Registry: means the Hawaii immunization registry. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-121
Release: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of any hazardous substance, or pollutant or contaminant into the environment, including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles containing a hazardous substance, or pollutant or contaminant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Renewable energy: means energy produced by solar, energy conserved by passive solar design/daylighting, ocean thermal, wind, wave, geothermal, waste-to-energy, or biomass power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Renewable energy technology: means the equipment and related accessories required to generate or produce renewable energy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Rental contractor: means an entity that rents, leases, or proposes to rent or lease, vehicles to state employees for purposes of official government business under a contract pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Repeal date: means the effective date of repeal established for various chapters by § 26H-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 26H-3
Repeatability: means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall ninety-five per cent of the time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
Requesting member county: means a member county that requests assistance from another member county under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
Residential ventilating fan: means a ceiling or wall-mounted fan, or remotely mounted in-line fan, designed to be used in a bathroom or utility room for the purpose of moving air from inside the building to the outdoors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Responding member county: means a member county providing or intending to provide assistance to a requesting member county under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127D-2
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Retro-commissioning: means a quality-oriented process, which takes place after systems have been placed in operation, for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies perform as closely as possible to defined performance criteria, with regards to energy conservation design strategies and the energy performance of buildings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Revenue: means the moneys collected, including any moneys collected from the county or any department thereof, from the rates, rentals, fees and charges prescribed for the use and services of, and the facilities and commodities furnished by, an undertaking or the use and services and benefits of a loan program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Revenue bonds: means all bonds payable solely from and secured by the revenue, or user taxes, or any combination of both, of an undertaking or loan program or any loan made thereunder for which such bonds are issued and as otherwise provided in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Revolving line of credit: means a type of credit in which loan advances are made for eligible purposes and where repaid principal deposited back into the sub-fund may be re-borrowed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
School: means any child care center, preschool, day care center, day nursery, head start program, group child care home, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, middle, or secondary school that is responsible for ensuring student compliance with mandatory school immunization entrance requirements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-121
Self-administer: means an individual performing an affirmative, conscious, voluntary act to take into the individual's body prescription medication to end the individual's life pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
selling: means any transfer of title or possession, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise, and includes the giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes, or gifts, and the exchange of cigarettes for any consideration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Showerhead: includes handheld showerheads and any other showerhead, except a safety showerhead. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Sign: means , with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
(1) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
(2) To attach or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Software: includes software, training, and maintenance contracts related to the operation of computer equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
Special purpose entity: means a legal entity created to fulfill narrow, specific, or temporary objectives and is typically used by companies to isolate the firm from financial risk. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Special purpose revenue bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a county issued pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Species: means and shall include any subspecies or lower taxa of aquatic life, wildlife, or land plants. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Speech pathologist: means an individual who practices speech pathology. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 468E-2
Sponsor: means a veterinarian who requests the presence and medical assistance of an individual licensed to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine in another jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Spray sprinkler body: means the exterior case or shell of a sprinkler incorporating a means of connection to the piping system designed to convey water to a nozzle or orifice. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
State employee: means an employee of the State, including all permanent and temporary employees of the state judicial, executive, and legislative branches and their respective departments, offices, and agencies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
State lease: means all leases and easements between the board of land and natural resources and the University of Hawaii pertaining to Mauna Kea that are in effect as of July 1, 2022, including that certain lease by and between the board of land and natural resources and the University of Hawaii entered into on June 21, 1968, as General Lease S-4191, as amended on September 21, 1999, as General Lease S-5529. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Statement: means a registration or annual statement filed under § 425-1, a statement of correction filed under section 425-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Student: means any child or adult enrolled in any school or post-secondary school in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 325-121
Sub-fund: means a separate fund established within the Hawaii green infrastructure special fund for a specific purpose. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Subaccount: means a fund that is established within, but separate from, another fund and is reserved for a specific purpose. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-61
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
Suitable: means the vehicle has the performance capabilities needed for the intended application, including payload and weight capacity for the job or is capable of holding a charge for the time and mileage needed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Supervising health care provider: means the primary physician or the physician's designee, or the health care provider or the provider's designee who has undertaken primary responsibility for a principal's health care, that includes mental health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Supervising health-care provider: means the primary physician or the physician's designee, or the health-care provider or the provider's designee who has undertaken primary responsibility for an individual's health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Surrogate: means an individual, other than a patient's agent or guardian, authorized under this chapter to make a health-care decision or to act as a medicaid authorized representative for the patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Take: means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect endangered or threatened species of aquatic life or wildlife, or to cut, collect, uproot, destroy, injure, or possess endangered or threatened species of aquatic life or land plants, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Technical assistance program: means a program that includes department staff designated to assist landowners in developing, reviewing, or monitoring habitat conservation plans by providing technical assistance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Technician: means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process body parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
television production: means a series of activities that are directly related to the creation of visual and cinematic imagery to be delivered via film, videotape, or digital media and are to be sold, distributed, or displayed as entertainment or the advertisement of products for mass public consumption, including scripting, casting, set design and construction, transportation, videography, photography, sound recording, interactive game design, and post production. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
Terminal disease: means an incurable and irreversible disease that has been medically confirmed and will, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within six months. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327L-1
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Threatened species: means any species of aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant which appears likely, within the foreseeable future, to become endangered and has been so designated pursuant to § 195D-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Threshold planning quantity: means the threshold planning quantity for an "extremely hazardous substance" as defined in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 355. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Tissue: means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Tissue bank: means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327-2
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Townhouse: means a series of individual houses, having architectural unity and a common wall between each unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
Toxic chemical: means a substance appearing on the list of chemicals described in section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, as set forth in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 372. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 128E-1
Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-101
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Trough-type urinal: means a urinal designed for simultaneous use by two or more persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Undertaking: means any public works and properties, improvement, or system owned or operated by the county, and from which the county may derive revenue, or with respect to which the county may derive user taxes, including but not limited to one or a combination of two or more of the following: water, sewerage, gas or electric, heat, light or power works, solid waste processing and disposal, public off-street parking facilities, plants, systems, and low and moderate income housing projects provided pursuant to section 46-15. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
urban renewal plan: means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan (1) shall conform to the master plan for the county as a whole; or if there is no master plan for the county as a whole, then to the master plan for the urban area as a whole of which the urban renewal project area constitutes a part; and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses; improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 53-52
Urinal: includes a trough-type urinal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
User taxes: means taxes on goods or services or on the consumption thereof, the receipts of which are substantially derived from the consumption, use or sale of goods and services in the utilization of the functions or services furnished by the undertaking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 49-1
Utility: means a public utility as defined in § 269-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-11
Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
Veterinarian: means a person duly licensed in the State to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Veterinarian-client-patient relationship: includes the provision of on-call or cross-coverage services by a veterinarian who has been designated by a veterinarian with an existing veterinarian-client-patient relationship and has access to relevant animal patient records. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 471-1
Water cooler: includes a storage-type water cooler and an on-demand water cooler. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-81
Wholesaler: means the same as defined in § 245-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
Wildlife: means any non-domesticated member of the animal kingdom, including game birds and mammals designated by law or rules for hunting, whether reared in captivity or not, and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof, except aquatic life as defined in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Wildlife: means any nondomesticated member of the animal kingdom, whether reared in captivity or not, including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, except aquatic life as defined in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195D-2
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

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