Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 103F > Part IV - Source Selection and Contract Formation

• Administrator: means the administrator of the state procurement office. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Agency: means any department, authority, commission, council, board, committee, institution, legislative body, agency, or other establishment or office of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the State, and includes the office of Hawaiian affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• 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.
• 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
• Aquaculture: means the propagation, cultivation, or farming of aquatic plants and animals in controlled or selected environments for commercial purposes or authorized stock enhancement purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 219-2
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the board of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Board: means the board of agriculture of the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 219-2
• Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 219-2
• Chief procurement officer: means those officials designated by § 103D-203. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: means all types of agreements, regardless of what they may be called. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cooperative: means a nonprofit association of [aquaculturists] organized under chapter 421. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 219-2
• 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: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 219-2
• Department: means the department of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• District: means the state public education system as a whole, except as used by the department for federal compliance and reporting requirements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
• 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}
• Health and human services: means services to communities, families, or individuals which are intended to maintain or improve health or social well-being. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• 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}
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• 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.
• Provider: means an organization or individual contracted by a state agency to provide health or human services to the public on its behalf. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Public schools: means all academic and noncollege type schools established and maintained by the department and charter schools governed by chapter 302D. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Purchasing agency: means a state agency authorized to or responsible for entering into contracts to provide health or human services to the public. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Qualified aquaculturist: means a person, or association of persons, actively engaged in aquaculture farming, aquacultural produce processing, or aquacultural product development activities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 219-2
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Request for proposals: means all documents, whether attached or incorporated by reference, soliciting providers to submit a detailed plan to provide health or human services to the public, on behalf of a state agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Scope of service: means any description of the type of activity, including but not limited to, number served, outcomes being sought, target group, and geographic area in which the activity takes place. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• 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.
• Superintendent: means the superintendent of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Treatment: means services to individuals and families by health or social work professionals which attempt to alleviate physical or mental illness or behavioral problems, including but not limited to, medical treatment, counseling, physical, occupational and other therapeutic services, and referral and case management services for medical treatment, counseling, and other therapeutic services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102