Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-52 – Declaration of policy
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-52
- Department: means any state department, board, commission, officer, authority, or agency (other than a "municipality" defined by § 49-1 ) which is charged by law with the administration of an undertaking or loan program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
- Loan program: means the activities and policies undertaken by any department to provide assistance to any department or to any county or board, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or to members of the general public who are residents of the State, by making loans or causing loans to be made available to them or by buying, refinancing, or guaranteeing loans made to or other obligations incurred by them for purposes as may be authorized by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
- Undertaking: means any public works and properties, improvement, or system, tangible or intangible, owned or operated by the State or a department thereof, and any public activity, policy, or program undertaken by the State or a department thereof, and from which the State or department may derive revenues, or with respect to which the State or department may derive user taxes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
It is declared to be the policy of the State that any department acquiring, purchasing, constructing, reconstructing, improving, bettering, or extending an undertaking or establishing or administering a loan program pursuant to this chapter or providing policies of hurricane property insurance to the general public, shall manage the undertaking, loan program, or the Hawaii hurricane relief fund in the most efficient manner consistent with sound economy and public advantage, and consistent with the protection of bondholders.