(a) Any donor who gives money to a provider agency, to a homeless facility to or through the department, or for any other program for the homeless authorized by this part shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from the donation.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-363

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Donor: means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization, foundation, estate, trust, or any other person or firm that donates money, real property, goods, or services to a homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part, including members of any governing body, trustees, officers, partners, principals, stockholders, members, managers, employees, contractors, agents of these entities, or any person who was involved with the donation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Homeless: means :

    (1) An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence; or

    (2) An individual or family who has a primary night-time residence that is:

    (A) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations;

    (B) An institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

    (C) A public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

  • Homeless facility: means a development designed to provide shelter for homeless families or individuals pursuant to this part, or to facilitate any other homeless program authorized by this part, and may include emergency or transitional shelters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361
  • Provider: means any person or public or private institution, agency or business concern authorized by the department to provide health care, service or supplies to beneficiaries of medical assistance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
  • Provider agency: means an organization, including its governing board, officers, employees, contractors, or agents, contracted by the department to provide labor and services to any homeless facility or any other program for the homeless authorized by this part that is:

    (1) A for-profit organization incorporated under the laws of the State; or

    (2) A nonprofit organization determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from the federal income tax; that has a governing board whose members have no material conflict of interest and who serve without compensation, and that has adopted bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted, including policies that relate to nepotism and management of potential conflict of interest situations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-361

(b) Any donor who gives land and improvements, or who leases land and improvements at a nominal consideration, to a provider agency, to a homeless facility to or through the department, or for any other program for the homeless authorized by this part shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from the donation, except as may result from the donor’s gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions; provided that if the donor at the time of donation gave the department a full disclosure of all the dangers concerning the land and improvements known to the donor, the donor shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from the donation.
(c) Any donor who, in good faith and without remuneration or expectation of remuneration, provides services or materials used to build and construct a facility for the homeless, or who renovates, repairs, or maintains an existing or acquired facility for the homeless, or who provides shelter to homeless persons, shall not be liable for any civil damages resulting from the donor’s acts or omissions, except for damages resulting from the donor’s gross negligence relating to the donation.
(d) The department shall be responsible for inspecting, reviewing, analyzing, qualifying, and determining that the land, structures, materials, or services donated to the department for use by the department in facilities for the homeless are reasonably safe for public use.

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