Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 662D - Volunteer Service; Immunity

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Association: means an association organized under chapter 421 or 421C. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-310
• Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the 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.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated under or subject to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Entity: includes domestic and foreign corporations, domestic professional corporations, domestic and foreign limited liability companies, domestic and foreign nonprofit corporations, domestic and foreign business trusts, estates, domestic and foreign partnerships, domestic and foreign limited partnerships, domestic and foreign limited liability partnerships, trusts, two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, associations and cooperative associations, and state, federal, and foreign governments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• 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.
• Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Governmental entity: means any agency, association, authority, board, commission, division, office, officer, public body, task force, or any other similar entity authorized or established by any county or the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 662D-1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Merger: means the procedure authorized by this part in which one domestic or foreign entity combines with one or more domestic or foreign entities resulting in either one surviving entity or one new entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-310
• Nonprofit corporation: means any corporation that is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, Hawaii Revised Statutes 662D-1
• Nonprofit organization: means any organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, Hawaii Revised Statutes 662D-1
• Operator: means an individual, firm, or corporation engaged in strip mining operations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
• Organizing articles: means :

  (1) For an association, corporation, or nonprofit corporation, the articles of incorporation;

  (2) For a general partnership or limited liability partnership, the registration statement;

  (3) For a limited partnership, the certificate of limited partnership; and

  (4) For a limited liability company, the articles of organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-310

• 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.
• Pit: means a tract of land of which the surface soil has been removed or is being removed or is proposed to be removed for mining. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Strip mining: means mining of mineral by uncovering therefrom the surface soil above mineral deposits and mining directly from the mineral exposed for the purpose of carrying on a business of mining or selling mineral removed by the process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
• Volunteer: means a person performing services without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual expenses incurred, for a nonprofit organization, a nonprofit corporation, a hospital, or a governmental entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 662D-1