(a) There is hereby created a trust fund to be known as the special compensation fund which shall consist of payments made to it as provided by law. The director of finance of the State shall be custodian of the fund, and all disbursements therefrom shall be paid by the director of finance upon orders by the director of labor and industrial relations.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-151

  • 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.
  • Appellate board: means the labor and industrial relations appeals board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Compensation: means all benefits accorded by this chapter to an employee or the employee's dependents on account of a work injury as defined in this section; it includes medical and rehabilitation benefits, income and indemnity benefits in cases of disability or death, and the allowance for funeral and burial expenses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Employer: means any person having one or more persons in the person's employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • 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.
(b) Every employer pursuant to an order made by the director, shall pay into the fund the amounts specified in sections 386-34(5) and 386-41(d) under the conditions prescribed for such payment. Whenever such amount is paid into the fund and it is subsequently determined by the director, the appellate board, or a court having jurisdiction that a dependent is entitled to benefits excluding or diminishing the entitlement of the fund, the director, appellate board, or court shall order the refund of the sum to which the fund is not entitled and the director of finance as custodian shall immediately make such refund upon receipt by the director of finance of a certified copy of this order. In cases where an order of the director ordering payment into the fund is reversed on appeal the employer is relieved of any duty to make payments into the fund.
(c) The director shall appoint annually a certified public accountant to examine and audit all the books and records relating to the special compensation fund and shall advise the director as to the fund’s solvency, including recommendations as to levies and charges provided for in § 386-152 and the required level of funding. The certified public accountant’s fees for this service shall be paid out of the special compensation fund.

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