Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 127A – Emergency Management


§ 127A-1	Policy and purpose
§ 127A-2	Definitions
§ 127A-3	Hawaii emergency management agency
§ 127A-4	Hawaii advisory council on emergency management
§ 127A-5	County emergency management agency
§ 127A-6	Emergency management reserve corps
§ 127A-7	State warning point
§ 127A-8	Status and rights of personnel
§ 127A-9	Immunities; rights
§ 127A-10	Political activity prohibited
§ 127A-11	Powers on whom conferred; delegation of powers
§ 127A-12	Emergency management powers, in general
§ 127A-13	Additional powers in an emergency period
§ 127A-14	State of emergency
§ 127A-15	Proclamations, how made; service of papers
§ 127A-16	Major disaster fund
§ 127A-16.5	Resilient Hawaii revolving loan fund
§ 127A-17	Allotments
§ 127A-18	Mitigation of hazardous situations
§ 127A-18.5	Hazard mitigation special fund
§ 127A-19	Shelters
§ 127A-20	Immunity from liability of private shelter
§ 127A-21	Notice of requisition
§ 127A-22	Determination of compensation
§ 127A-23	Determination of damages
§ 127A-24	Investigations and surveys
§ 127A-25	Rules and orders
§ 127A-26	Forfeitures
§ 127A-27	Preliminary or interlocutory injunctions and temporary restraining orders
§ 127A-28	Enforcement of injunction proceedings; interventions
§ 127A-29	Emergency period infractions, violations, petty misdemeanors, and misdemeanors
§ 127A-30	Rental or sale of essential commodities during a state of emergency; prohibition against price increases
§ 127A-31	Penalties prescribed by this chapter additional to other penalties
§ 127A-32	Effect of this chapter on other laws

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 127A - Emergency Management

Able to resume work: means an industrially injured worker's injury has stabilized after a period of recovery and the worker is capable of performing work in an occupation for which the worker has received previous training or for which the worker has demonstrated aptitude. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Absentee ballot: means a ballot as defined in § 11-1 used in absentee voting. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-1
Accidental harm: means bodily injury, death, sickness, or disease caused by a motor vehicle accident to a person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Accreted lands: means lands formed by the gradual accumulation of land on a beach or shore along the ocean by the action of natural forces. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Acquittal:
1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. A verdict of "not guilty."
Action: means any civil proceeding, including but not limited to arbitration, in which damages or other relief may be awarded or enforced with respect to an alleged construction defect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Actual address: means a residential, work, or school address as specified on an applicant's application and includes the applicant's county of residence and voting precinct. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
Adjustment rate: means a percentage rate or rates of adjustment of the assessment base determined by the director of finance at the time the tax increment district is established, based on the historical and projected increases to the assessed values of taxable real property within the boundary of the tax increment district and the projected cost increases to the county for servicing the new developments within the tax increment district. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Administrator: means the administrator of the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Administrator: means the person conducting the photo lineup, live lineup, or showup for law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Advertisement: means any communication, excluding sundry items such as bumper stickers, that:
(1) Identifies a candidate directly or by implication, or identifies an issue or question that will appear on the ballot at the next applicable election; and
(2) Advocates or supports the nomination, opposition, or election of the candidate, or advocates the passage or defeat of the issue or question on the ballot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affiliate: means an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the public benefit corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agency: means the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Agency: means an agency or instrumentality of the State or any of its political subdivisions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
agency: means an agency defined in § 53-1 or the Hawaii community development authority as established pursuant to chapter 206E. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
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.
Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Annuity issuer: means an insurer that has issued a contract to fund periodic payments under a structured settlement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
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.
Applicant: includes a primary applicant and a secondary applicant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Application: means a conservation district use application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Application assistant: means a current employee or volunteer serving a victim services organization who is certified by the program pursuant to this chapter to assist individuals with applications to participate in the program; provided that an application assistant shall not be an employee of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appraisers: means one or more, but not more than three, real estate appraisers appointed by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-71
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
approval by the members: means an act approved or ratified by:
(1) The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented and cast at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present; provided that the affirmative votes cast constitute a majority of the required quorum;
(2) A ballot or written consent in conformity with this chapter; or
(3) The affirmative vote, ballot, or written consent of the greater proportion, including the votes of all the members of any class, unit, or grouping as may be provided in the articles, bylaws, or this chapter for any specified member action. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Aquaculture: means the propagation, cultivation, or farming of aquatic plants and animals in controlled or selected environments for research purposes, commercial purposes, or stocking purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Aquatic life: means any type or species of mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, invertebrate, coral, or other animal that inhabits the freshwater or marine environment and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof; or freshwater or marine plants, including seeds, roots, products, and other parts thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
articles: includes amended and restated articles of incorporation, and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Articles: means the articles of incorporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Ascendant: means an individual who precedes another individual in lineage, in the direct line of ascent from the other individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Assessment base: means the total assessed values of all taxable real property in a tax increment district as most recently certified by the director of finance on the date of creation of the tax increment district. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Assessment increment: means the amount by which the current assessed values of taxable real property located within the boundaries of a tax increment district exceeds its assessment base. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Association: means a nonprofit, incorporated, or unincorporated organization upon which responsibilities are imposed and authority is granted in the organization's declaration or bylaws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Association: means a consumer cooperative association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Association: means an association organized under chapter 421 or 421C. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-200
Association: means an association organized under chapter 421 or 421C. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425-201
Association: means an association organized under chapter 421 or 421C. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-1101
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
Aviation artifact: means airplanes, fallen aircraft, crash sites, or any objects or materials associated with the history of aerospace in Hawaii which are over fifty years old, or determined to be of exceptional historic significance by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
Ballot: includes :
(1) A ballot summary reflecting a complete record of the ballot selections made by a voter utilizing an HTML ballot or similar accessible ballot that produces a ballot summary;
(2) A voter verifiable paper audit trail in the event there is a discrepancy between a voting machine's electronic record of the voted ballot and the voter verifiable paper audit trail; and
(3) A ballot used in an election by mail pursuant to part VIIA, including a ballot approved for electronic transmission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Ballot issue committee: means a noncandidate committee that has the exclusive purpose of making or receiving contributions, making expenditures, or incurring financial obligations for or against any question or issue appearing on the ballot at the next applicable election. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Ballot summary: means a complete record of ballot selections that is verified by the voter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Basic life support: means initiating noninvasive emergency patient care designed to optimize the patient's chances of surviving the emergency situation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-191
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Blind: means the administrator does not know the identity of the suspect in the identification procedure. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Blinded: means the administrator may know who the suspect is, but by virtue of the use of procedures or technology, does not know which lineup member is being viewed by the eyewitness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
Board: means the executive board of the judiciary history center. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6F-1
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Board: means the board of water supply or water board of any county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
board of directors: means the board of directors of a corporation except that no person or group of persons are the board of directors because of powers delegated to that person or group pursuant to § 414D-131. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Bonds: means bonds, notes, and other instruments of indebtedness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
Burial good: means any item reasonably believed to have been intentionally placed with the human skeletal remains of an individual or individuals at the time of burial. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Burial site: means any specific unmarked location where prehistoric or historic human skeletal remains and their associated burial goods are interred, and its immediate surrounding archaeological context, deemed a unique class of historic property and not otherwise included in section 6E-41. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Business day: means any day excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state or federal holidays. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Bylaws: means the code or codes of rules (other than the articles) adopted pursuant to this chapter for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name or names by which the rules are designated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Campaign funds: means contributions, interest, rebates, refunds, loans, or advances received by a candidate committee or noncandidate committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Candidate: means an individual who seeks nomination for election or seeks election to office. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Candidate committee: means an organization, association, or individual that receives campaign funds, makes expenditures, or incurs financial obligations on behalf of a candidate with the candidate's authorization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Capital improvements: means the acquisition of real property, improvements to expand capacity and serviceability of existing public facilities, and the development of new public facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Cave: means any naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnected passages large enough for human entry, occurring beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge, including the cave resources therein, whether or not an entrance exists or is natural or artificial, and that is of archaeological, geological, biological, or cultural significance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
Center: means the judiciary history center. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6F-1
Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by § 425E-201. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
Claim: means any notice of claim by a claimant to a contractor of a construction defect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Claimant: means any person, entity, partnership, corporation, or association asserting a claim concerning an alleged construction defect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Class: refers to a group of memberships which have the same rights with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption, and transfer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Clearly identified: means the inclusion of name, photograph or other similar image, or other unambiguous identification of a candidate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Closing hour of voting: means 7:00 p. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Code: means the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Collateral: means an individual who is related to another individual under the law of intestate succession of this State, but who is not the other individual's ascendant or descendant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Commercial entry: means an activity undertaken to exhibit a cave for which compensation is received by any person for goods, services, or both, rendered to customers or participants in that use or activity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
Commercial lease: means a lease of state marine waters or submerged lands for marine activities designed for profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Commercial marine dealer: means any person who sells or exchanges, or who is an agent in the transfer of marine life obtained directly from a commercial marine licensee, or any commercial marine licensee who sells or exchanges marine life at retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Commercial marine license: means a license issued to take marine life within or outside the State for commercial purpose. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Commercial marine licensee: means a person who has been issued a commercial marine license pursuant to § 189-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Commercial purpose: means the taking of marine life for profit or gain or as a means of livelihood where the marine life is taken in or outside of the State, or where the marine life is sold, offered for sale, landed, or transported for sale anywhere in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Commission: means the Kaho'olawe island reserve commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6K-2
Commission: means the campaign spending commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Commissioner: means any person appointed to the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Committee: means the joint legislative management committee established under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21E-1
Committee: means the joint legislative budget committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21F-2
Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process.
Common area: means real property within a planned community that is owned or leased by the association or is otherwise available for the use of its members or designated as common area in or pursuant to the association's declaration or bylaws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Community development plan: means a plan established pursuant to section 206E-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Community paramedicine program: means an enhanced and expanded service in the county emergency medical services system that allows state-licensed health care professionals and community health workers to assist with public health, primary care, and prevention services, including services through telehealth. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-191
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
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Comprehensive plan: means a coordinated land use plan for the development of public facilities within the jurisdiction of a county based on existing and anticipated needs, showing existing and proposed developments, stating principles to which future development should conform, such as the county's general plans, development plans, or community plans, and the manner in which development should be controlled. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
Constituent organization: means an organization that is a party to a merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-1101
Construction context: means all permitted land-altering activities necessary to construct any and all manner of improvements on the surface of a property including but not limited to foundations, basements, roads, and buildings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
Construction defect: means a deficiency in, or arising out of, the design, specifications, surveying, planning, construction, supervision, or observation of construction of a dwelling or premises. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Consumer cooperative association: means a group enterprise, organized on a cooperative basis and incorporated under this chapter such that:
(1) Each member has one vote and only one vote, except as may be altered in the articles or bylaws of a secondary cooperative by provision for voting by member organizations;
(2) The maximum rate at which any return is paid on share or membership capital is limited; and
(3) The allocation or distribution of net savings after making provision for such separate funds as may be required or specially permitted by statute, articles, or bylaws, is made to member patrons or to all patrons, in proportion to their patronage; or is allocated in a manner which benefits the general welfare of all of the members of the association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Contractor: means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other organization that is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing, supplying products, developing, or constructing a dwelling. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Contribution: means :
(1) A gift, subscription, deposit of money or anything of value, or cancellation of a debt or legal obligation and includes the purchase of tickets to fundraisers, for the purpose of:
(A) Influencing the nomination for election, or the election, of any person to office;
(B) Influencing the outcome of any question or issue that has been certified to appear on the ballot at the next applicable election; or
(C) Use by any candidate committee or noncandidate committee for the purpose of subparagraph (A) or (B);
(2) The payment, by any person or party other than a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee, of compensation for the services of another person that are rendered to the candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee without charge or at an unreasonably low charge for a purpose listed in paragraph (1);
(3) A contract, promise, or agreement to make a contribution; or
(4) Any loans or advances that are not documented or disclosed to the commission as provided in section 11-372;
"Contribution" does not include:
(1) Services voluntarily provided without compensation by individuals to or on behalf of a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee;
(2) A candidate's expenditure of the candidate's own funds; provided that this expenditure shall be reportable as other receipts and expenditures;
(3) Any loans or advances to the candidate committee; provided that these loans or advances shall be reported as loans; or
(4) An individual, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee engaging in internet activities for the purpose of influencing an election if:
(A) The individual, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee is uncompensated for the internet activities; or
(B) The individual, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee uses equipment or services for uncompensated internet activities, regardless of who owns the equipment and services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal 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.
Corporation: means a nonprofit corporation unless otherwise specified. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Council: means the Hawaii advisory council on emergency management as established by section 127A-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Council: means the council of the county in which a tax increment district is situated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Council: means the county council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-162
County: means the city and county of Honolulu, and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui; provided that the county of Maui shall include the county of Kalawao for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
County: means the city and county of Honolulu, the county of Hawaii, the county of Kauai, and the county of Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
County: means the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui and the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
County: means any county having a population of five hundred thousand or more. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-191
county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
County emergency management agency: means a county-level entity responsible for emergency management within the respective counties as established in section 127A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
County executive agency: means any department, office, board, or commission of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-122
County legislative body: means the city council or county council of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-122
County system: means the county emergency medical services system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-191
Covered employment: means employment of an employee as defined in this section or of a person for whom the employer has provided voluntary coverage pursuant to § 386-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Credit bureau: An agency that collects individual credit information and sells it for a fee to creditors so they can make a decision on granting loans. Typical clients include banks, mortgage lenders, credit card companies, and other financing companies. (Also commonly referred to as consumer-reporting agency or credit-reporting agency.) ^{Source: OCC}
Credits: means the present value of past or future payments or contributions, including, but not limited to, the dedication of land or construction of a public facility made by a developer toward the cost of existing or future public facility capital improvements, except for contributions or payments made under a development agreement pursuant to § 46-123. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Criminal conduct: means :
(1) The commission of an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year;
(2) The operation or use of a motor vehicle with the specific intent of causing injury or damage; or
(3) The operation or use of a motor vehicle as a converter without a good faith belief by the operator or user that the operator or user is legally entitled to operate or use such vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Critical infrastructure: means those systems, facilities, and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to a county, the State, or the nation that the incapacity or destruction of such systems, facilities, or assets would have a debilitating impact on national, state, or county security; economic security; public health or safety; or any combination of those matters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Delegates: means those persons elected or appointed to vote in a representative assembly for the election of a director or directors or on other matters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Deliver: includes mail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6K-2
Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672B-1
Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48-1
Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-21
Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-42
Department director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Dependents: include a payee's spouse and minor children and all other persons for whom the payee is legally obligated to provide support, including alimony. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
Descendant: means an individual who follows another individual in lineage, in the direct line of descent from the other individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Design professional: means a professional engineer, architect, surveyor, or landscape architect licensed under chapter 464. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672B-1
Determination of value: means an order of a court determining the fair market value of heirs property under § 668A-7 or 668A-11 or adopting the valuation of the property agreed to by all cotenants. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Developer: means a person, corporation, organization, partnership, association, or other legal entity constructing, erecting, enlarging, altering, or engaging in any development activity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Development: means any artificial change to real property that requires a grading or building permit as appropriate, including, but not limited to, construction, expansion, enlargement, alteration, or erection of buildings or structures. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Development rights: means the rights permitted for a lot, parcel, or area of land under a zoning ordinance or local law respecting permissible use, area, density, bulk, or height of improvements thereon. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-162
Devise: To gift property by will.
Director: means the director of the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3, and who is the same as the adjutant general as provided in section 26-21. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672B-1
Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Director: means the director of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-21
Director: means the director of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-42
Director of finance: means the director of finance of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
Director of finance: means the officer or officers of the county charged with the responsibility of administering the real property taxation function of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Directors: means individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title, to act as members of the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Directors: means the board of directors of an association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Disability: means loss or impairment of a physical or mental function. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Disaster: means any emergency, or imminent threat thereof, which results or may likely result in loss of life, property, or environment and requires, or may require, assistance from other counties, states, the federal government, or from private agencies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Disaster relief: means any physical or financial assistance provided to individuals or areas in the aftermath of an emergency or disaster. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Discount rate: means the interest rate, expressed in terms of an annual percentage, that is used to adjust past or future financial or monetary payments to present value. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Discounted present value: means the present value of future payments, determined by discounting the payments to the present using the most recently published applicable federal rate for determining the present value of an annuity, as issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Distribution: means the payment of a dividend or any part of the income or profit of a corporation to its members, directors, or officers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a limited partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to a transferee on account of a transferable interest owned by the transferee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
District: means , unless otherwise specified, the district of political representation associated with a state representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
District: means the land district as constituted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
district: means a contiguous or noncontiguous geographic area designated pursuant to § 46-103 by the county council for the purpose of tax increment financing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Domestic corporation: means a corporation organized under the laws of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Donation: means all transfers of money, credit or debit card transactions, online payments, payments made through a third party, paid personal services, or transfers of any other thing of value to a nonprofit organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Donor: means a person that makes a donation to a nonprofit organization subject to this chapter and operating as a noncandidate committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Dower: A widow
Dwelling: means a single-family house, duplex, or multi-family unit designed for residential use, including common areas and improvements that are owned or maintained by an individual, association, or other entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Earmarked funds: means contributions received by a candidate committee or noncandidate committee on the condition that the funds be contributed to or expended on certain candidates, issues, or questions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Economic development bond: means any general or revenue bond issued by any political subdivision of the State for the purpose of financing the purchase or lease of land; the purchase or construction, including reconstruction, improvement, expansion, extension, and enlargement, of buildings and appurtenances; and the purchase and installation of machinery, equipment, or fixtures, when the purchases or leases are made primarily for sale or continuing lease to a private individual, partnership, or corporation for use in connection with the development of an agricultural, industrial, commercial, or hotel enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48-1
Economic unit: means the water column, state submerged lands beneath the water column, and water surface above the water column which shall be treated as one economic unit for the calculation of lease rents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Election: means any election for office or for determining a question or issue provided by law or ordinance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Election officials: means persons designated as officials by the chief election officer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Election period: means :
(1) The two-year time period between the day after the general election through the day of the next general election, if a candidate is seeking nomination or election to a two-year office;
(2) The four-year time period between the day after the general election through the day of the next general election, if a candidate is seeking nomination or election to a four-year office; or
(3) For a special election, the period between the day after the general election for that office through the day of the special election. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Electric utility cooperative association: means a consumer cooperative association that provides electric utility service as a public utility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Electronic transmission: means the transmission of a blank or voted ballot by facsimile, electronic mail delivery, or the utilization of an online absentee ballot delivery and return system that may include the ability to mark the ballot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-1
Electronic transmission: means the transmission of a blank or voted ballot by facsimile or electronic mail delivery, or the use of an online absentee ballot delivery and return system, which may include the ability to mark the ballot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Electronic transmission: means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Emergency: means any occurrence, or imminent threat thereof, which results or may likely result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property or substantial damage to or loss of the environment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Emergency management: means a comprehensive integrated system at all levels of government, and also in the private sector, which develops and maintains an effective capability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate, and recover from emergencies or disasters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Emergency period: means the dates covered by a proclamation issued by the governor declaring a state of emergency or by a mayor declaring a local state of emergency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Employee: means any individual in the employment of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Employee in comparable employment: means a person, other than the injured employee, who is employed in the same grade in the same type of work by the same employer or, if there is no person so employed, a person, who is employed in the same grade in the same type of work by another employer in the same district. 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
Employment: means any service performed by an individual for another person under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully entered into. 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.
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 414D-14
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 joint or common economic interest, associations and cooperative associations, and state, federal, and foreign governments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Equipment and services: includes computers, software, internet domain names, internet service providers, and any other technology that is used to provide access to or use of the Internet. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
Evacuation: means the immediate and rapid movement of individuals and animals away from the threat or actual occurrence of any hazard, emergency, or disaster, and includes vertical evacuation, which is moving to a higher floor or higher ground in order to gain safety above the height of expected inundation by water as recommended by the county emergency management agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
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.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
Expenditure: means :
(1) Any purchase or transfer of money or anything of value, or promise or agreement to purchase or transfer money or anything of value, or payment incurred or made, or the use or consumption of a nonmonetary contribution for the purpose of:
(A) Influencing the nomination for election, or the election, of any person seeking nomination for election or election to office, whether or not the person has filed the person's nomination papers;
(B) Influencing the outcome of any question or issue that has been certified to appear on the ballot at the next applicable election; or
(C) Use by any party for the purposes set out in subparagraph (A) or (B);
(2) Any payment, by any person other than a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee, of compensation for the services of another person that are rendered to the candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1)(A); provided that payment under this paragraph shall include provision of services without charge; or
(3) The expenditure by a candidate of the candidate's own funds for the purposes set out in paragraph (1)(A). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Eyewitness: means a person who observes another person at or near the scene of an offense. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Facilities: except as otherwise provided in this chapter, includes any infrastructure, buildings and other structures, shelters, land, roads, highways, thoroughfares, walks, roadways, bridges, public rights of way, and any appurtenant facilities, structures, and materials. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
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.
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
filing: means filed in the office of the department director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
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.
Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances:
- You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
- The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
- The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
Flag: means any flag, standard, color, ensign, or any picture or representation of either made of any substance or represented on any substance, and of any size, evidently purporting to be, either of, the flag, standard, color, or ensign of the State of Hawaii or a picture or representation, of either upon which shall be shown the jack, the colors and stripes in any number of either, or by which the person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, colors, standard, or ensign of the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 5-18
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}
Foreign corporation: means a corporation organized under a law other than the law of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Foreign limited liability limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership whose general partners have limited liability for the obligations of the foreign limited partnership under a provision similar to section 425E-404(c). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this State and required by those laws to have one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Friends of the judiciary history center: means the nonprofit citizens group organized to support the center. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6F-1
Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
Gate: means any structure or device located to limit, control, or prohibit access to, or entry to, any portion of a cave. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
General partner: means :
(1) With respect to a limited partnership, a person that:
(A) Becomes a general partner under § 425E-401; or
(B) Was a general partner in a limited partnership when the limited partnership became subject to this chapter under section 425E-1204(a) or (b); and
(2) With respect to a foreign limited partnership, a person that has rights, powers, and obligations similar to those of a general partner in a limited partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Good cause: means a substantial reason amounting in law to be a legal excuse for failing to perform an act required by law considered under the circumstances of the individual case. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Governing body: means the body, council, or board charged with exercising the legislative authority of a political subdivision of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48-1
Governing body: means the body, council, or board charged with exercising the legislative authority of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Governing body: means the council of each county, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
Gross advance amount: means the sum payable to the payee or for the payee's account as consideration for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights before any reductions for transfer expenses or other deductions to be made from the consideration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
Harvest: means the taking and retaining of marine life by any means whatsoever. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
HAWIAN: means the Hawaii area-wide information network. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21D-1
Hazard: means an event or condition of the physical environment that results or may likely result in damage to property, injuries or death to individuals, or damage to the environment that may result in an emergency or disaster. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Hearing: means any meeting in the course of an investigatory proceeding, other than a preliminary conference or interview at which no testimony is taken under oath, conducted by an investigating committee for the purpose of taking testimony or receiving other evidence. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21-2
Heirs property: means real property held in tenancy in common that satisfies all the following requirements as of the filing of an action for partition:
(1) There is no agreement in a record binding all the cotenants that governs the partition of the property;
(2) One or more of the cotenants acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; and
(3) Any of the following applies:
(A) Twenty per cent or more of the interests are held by cotenants who are relatives;
(B) Twenty per cent or more of the interests are held by an individual who acquired title from a relative, whether living or deceased; or
(C) Twenty per cent or more of the cotenants are relatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Historic preservation: means the research, protection, restoration, rehabilitation, and interpretation of buildings, structures, objects, districts, areas, and sites, including underwater sites and burial sites, significant to the history, architecture, archaeology, or culture of this State, its communities, or the nation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Historic property: means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including heiau and underwater site, which is over fifty years old. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Holder of record having a security interest: is a person who is the owner or possessor of a security interest in any land covered in § 171-21 and who has filed with the bureau of conveyances of the State and with the department a copy of the interest. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
House: means the state house of representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21F-2
Human skeletal remains: means the body or any part of the body of a deceased human being. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Identification: means the identification by the eyewitness of a specific person as the possible perpetrator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Identification procedure: means a live lineup, a photo lineup, or a showup. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Immediate family: means a candidate's spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, as defined in § 572C-3, and any child, parent, grandparent, brother, or sister of the candidate, and the spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries of such persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Impact fees: means the charges imposed upon a developer by a county or board to fund all or a portion of the public facility capital improvement costs required by the development from which it is collected, or to recoup the cost of existing public facility capital improvements made in anticipation of the needs of a development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
Independent expenditure: means an expenditure by a person expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate that is not made in concert or cooperation with or at the request or suggestion of the candidate, the candidate committee, a party, or their agents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Independent professional advice: means advice of an attorney, certified public accountant, actuary, or other licensed professional adviser. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
Individual: means a natural person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Individual: means a natural person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Individual: means a natural person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Injury: means accidental harm not resulting in death. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Insured: means :
(1) The person identified by name as insured in a motor vehicle insurance policy complying with § 431:10C-301; and
(2) A person residing in the same household with a named insured, specifically:
(A) A spouse or reciprocal beneficiary or other relative of a named insured; and
(B) A minor in the custody of a named insured or of a relative residing in the same household with a named insured. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Insurer: means every person holding a valid certificate of authority to engage in the business of making contracts of motor vehicle insurance in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
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}
Interest-dividends: means the return on share, membership fee, or membership capital of the association which is limited in accordance with section 421C-19. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Interested party: means , with respect to any structured settlement, the payee, any beneficiary irrevocably designated under the annuity contract to receive payments following the payee's death, the annuity issuer, the structured settlement obligor, and any other party that has continuing rights or obligations under the structured settlement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Internet activities: include :
(1) Sending or forwarding electronic messages;
(2) Providing a hyperlink or other direct access to another person's website;
(3) Blogging;
(4) Creating, maintaining, or hosting a website;
(5) Paying a nominal fee for the use of another person's website; and
(6) Any other form of communication distributed over the Internet. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
Investigating committee: means any of the following which are authorized to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of books, records, papers, and documents for the purpose of securing information on a specific subject for the use of the legislature:
(1) A standing or special or select committee or committee of the whole of either house of the legislature;
(2) A joint committee of both houses;
(3) An authorized subcommittee of a legislative committee; and
(4) Any body created by law, the members of which may include nonlegislators. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21-2
Island reserve: means the area designated as the island of Kaho'olawe and the submerged lands and waters extending seaward two miles from its shoreline. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6K-2
Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
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.
Juror: A person who is on the jury.
Land: includes all interests therein and natural resources including water, minerals, and all such things connected with land, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Land license: means a privilege granted to enter land for a certain special purpose such as the removal of timber, soil, sand, gravel, stone, hapuu, and plants, but not including water rights, ground or surface, nor removal of minerals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Land patent: means a government grant of real estate in fee simple. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Large fishing vessel: means any vessel five net tons and over designed to be used in the Hawaii commercial fisheries for catching fish, processing, or transporting fish loaded on the high seas that derives at least fifty-one per cent of that vessel's gross annual income from commercial (as opposed to recreational) operations, or any vessel outfitted for such activity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-21
Law enforcement: means any law enforcement entity conducting an investigation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Laws: includes ordinances, rules, regulations, and orders prescribed under federal, state, or county laws or ordinances and having the force and effect of law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
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}
Lease: means the right to possess and use land for a term of years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
lease: means a residential lease made by the board of land and natural resources under this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-71
Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}
Legislative service agency: means the office of the auditor, the office of the legislative reference bureau, and the office of the ombudsman. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21E-1
Legislative service agency director: means the director or administrative head of a legislative service agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21E-1
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Lessee: means the holder of a valid lease granted pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Lessee: means the lessee under a residential lease and the successors in interest of the lessee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-71
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
Limited liability company: means a business entity that is recognized as a limited liability company under the laws of the state in which it is established. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Limited partner: means :
(1) With respect to a limited partnership, a person that:
(A) Becomes a limited partner under § 425E-301; or
(B) Was a limited partner in a limited partnership when the limited partnership became subject to this chapter under section 425E-1204(a) or (b); and
(2) With respect to a foreign limited partnership, a person that has rights, powers, and obligations similar to those of a limited partner in a limited partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Live lineup: means an identification procedure in which a group of persons, including the suspect and other persons acting as fillers, is displayed to an eyewitness for the purpose of determining whether the eyewitness identifies the suspect as the possible perpetrator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Loan: means an advance of money, goods, or services, with a promise to repay in full or in part within a specified period of time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Loan program: means the activities and policies undertaken by the office to provide assistance to any department of the State or to any county or board, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or to private individuals or organizations, 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 the betterment of native Hawaiians. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 10-21
Local state of emergency: means the occurrence in any part of a county that requires efforts by the county government to save lives, and to protect property, environment, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of an emergency or disaster, or to reduce the threat of an emergency or disaster. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Mariculture: means the aquaculture, cultivation, and production for research, development, demonstration, and commercial purposes of aquatic plants and animals within state marine waters, but excludes floating structures that are not anchored. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Marine activities: means ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC); mariculture; and other energy or water research, scientific, and educational activities in, on, or under state marine waters, which are exclusive, non-transient in nature, and which occupy a discrete area of state marine waters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Marine life: means any type or species of saltwater fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, coral, or other marine animals, including any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof; or seaweeds or other marine plants, including any part, product, seed, or root thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 187A-1
Materials: includes medicines, supplies, products, commodities, articles, equipment, machinery, and component parts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Mediation: means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Member: means a member of the joint legislative management committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21E-1
Member: means (without regard to what a person is called in the articles or bylaws) any person or persons having the rights and obligations of membership pursuant to a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Member: means a member of either a stock or a nonstock association in accordance with section 421C-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Membership: refers to the rights and obligations a member or members have pursuant to a corporation's articles, bylaws, and this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
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 414D-14
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 414D-200
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 425-201
Mitigation plan: means a plan, approved by the department, for the care and disposition of historic properties, aviation artifacts, and burial sites or the contents thereof, that includes monitoring, protection, restoration, and interpretation plans. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
Motor vehicle: means any vehicle of a type required to be registered under chapter 286, including a trailer attached to such a vehicle, but not including motorcycles and motor scooters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Motor vehicle insurance policy: means an insurance policy that meets the requirements of § 431:10C-301. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Mutual assistance agreement: means an agreement to which two or more business entities are parties and under which a public utility, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, natural gas special district, natural gas transmission pipeline, or joint agency owning, operating, or owning and operating infrastructure used for electric generation, electric or natural gas transmission, or electric or natural gas distribution in this State may request that an out-of-state utility perform work in this State in anticipation of a disaster or an emergency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) ^{Source: OCC}
National Marine Fisheries Service: means the Financial Assistance Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-21
National Marine Fisheries Service: means Financial Assistance Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-42
Necessary: means and refers to such means, measures, or other actions or determinations as are required to be taken in the opinion of the governor or governor's authorized representative or a mayor or the mayor's authorized representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Needs assessment study: means a study required under an impact fee ordinance that determines the need for a public facility, the cost of development, and the level of service standards, and that projects future public facility capital improvement needs; provided that the study shall take into consideration and incorporate any relevant county general plan, development plan, or community plan. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Net advance amount: means the gross advance amount less the aggregate amount of the actual and estimated transfer expenses required to be disclosed under section 676-2(5). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Net savings: means the total income of an association minus the costs of operation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Newspaper: means a publication of general distribution in the State issued once or more per month, which is written and published in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Non-escheat patronage refunds: means patronage refunds from an electric utility cooperative association for which a five-year period has elapsed since the patronage refunds were made and for which no claims have been made by the patrons to whom the refunds were allocated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Noncandidate committee: means an organization, association, party, or individual that has the purpose of making or receiving contributions, making expenditures, or incurring financial obligations to influence the nomination for election, or the election, of any candidate to office, or for or against any question or issue on the ballot; provided that a noncandidate committee does not include:
(1) A candidate committee;
(2) Any individual making a contribution or making an expenditure of the individual's own funds or anything of value that the individual originally acquired for the individual's own use and not for the purpose of evading any provision of this part; or
(3) Any organization that raises or expends funds for the sole purpose of producing and disseminating informational or educational communications that are not made to influence the outcome of an election, question, or issue on a ballot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Noncommercial lease: means a lease of state marine waters for marine activities not designed for profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Nonprofit organization: means an organization that is exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Office: means the office of the legislative analyst. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21F-2
Office: means any Hawaii elective public or constitutional office, excluding county neighborhood board and federal elective offices. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
On-line: means accessed by the use of data communications hardware and software. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21D-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 414D-200
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 425-201
OTEC: means ocean thermal energy conversion. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Other business entity: means a profit corporation, limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-200
Other receipts: means the candidate's own funds, interest, rebates, refunds, and any other funds received by a candidate committee or noncandidate committee, but does not include contributions received from other persons or loans. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Out-of-state utility: means a public utility, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, or natural gas special district that owns, operates, or owns and operates infrastructure used for electric generation, electric or natural gas transmission, or electric or natural gas distribution outside of the State, and is regulated by the public utilities commission of the state where they operate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Owner: means the persons who hold title to or are in possession of the land on or under which a cave is located, or the persons' lessee or agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
Owner: means a person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle; except that in the case of a motor vehicle which is the subject of a security agreement or lease with a term of not less than one year with the debtor or lessee having the right to possession, such term means the debtor or lessee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Paleontological deposit: means any remains or fossils of life forms or surface debris that are over fifty years of age and provide a record of past climates and biota. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
participant: means an individual accepted into the address confidentiality program, and includes a primary participant and a secondary participant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Partition by sale: means a court-ordered sale of the entire heirs property, whether by auction, sealed bids, or open-market sale conducted under section 668A-11. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Partition in kind: means the division of heirs property into physically distinct and separately titled parcels. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
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.
Partnership agreement: means the partners' agreement, whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination, concerning the limited partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Party: means any political party that satisfies the requirements of section 11-61. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Patronage refund: means the amount returned to the patrons in proportion to their patronage in accordance with § 421C-25. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Payee: means an individual who is receiving tax free payments under a structured settlement and proposes to make a transfer of the payment rights. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Periodic payments: includes both recurring payments and scheduled future lump sum payments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or other legal entity, governmental body, or agency, board, bureau, or other instrumentality thereof, or any combination of two or more of the foregoing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Person: means an individual, group, partnership, firm, association, corporation, trust, governmental agency, governmental official, administrative body, or tribunal or any form of business or legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-122
Person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association, except as otherwise defined in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Person: means an individual, a partnership, a candidate committee or noncandidate committee, a party, an association, a corporation, a business entity, an organization, or a labor union and its auxiliary committees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Person: means , when appropriate to the context, not only individuals, but corporations, firms, associations, and societies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Person: means one or more individuals and does not include any partnership, firm, or corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-71
Person dissociated as a general partner: means a person dissociated as a general partner of a limited partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Personal injury: includes death resulting therefrom. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Personal liability: means personal liability for a debt, liability, or other obligation of an organization which is imposed on a person that co-owns, has an interest in, or is a member of the organization:
(1) By the organization's governing statute solely by reason of the person co-owning, having an interest in, or being a member of the organization; or
(2) By the organization's organizational documents under a provision of the organization's governing statute authorizing those documents to make one or more specified persons liable for all or specified debts, liabilities, and other obligations of the organization solely by reason of the person or persons co-owning, having an interest in, or being a member of the organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-1101
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Photo lineup: means an identification procedure in which an array of photographs, including a photograph of the suspect and additional photographs of other persons not suspected of the offense, is displayed to an eyewitness either in hard copy form or via computer or other electronic means for the purpose of determining whether the eyewitness identifies the suspect as the possible perpetrator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Place of deposit: means a site within the county of the voter's registration address designated pursuant to section 11-109 for the purpose of receiving return identification envelopes in an election conducted by mail pursuant to part VIIA. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Planned community: means a common interest community, including condominiums and cooperative housing corporations, and excluding time share plans. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
Political committees established and maintained by a national political party: means :
(1) The National Committee;
(2) The House Campaign Committee; and
(3) The Senate Campaign Committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Political subdivision: means and includes all counties and municipalities of the State insofar as they are supported by or handle state or public funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 23-1
Political subdivision: means a county or other political subdivision created by the legislature pursuant to article VIII, section 1, of the constitution of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48-1
Pollution control project: means any processing enterprise consisting of property, or improvements or alterations to property, designed, acquired, constructed, installed, or modified, and certified as necessary or desirable by the state department of health, to abate, control, reduce, treat, eliminate, or dispose of solid waste, and specifically includes facilities which incidentally provide for the recovery of energy or material resources, or both. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Precinct: means the smallest political subdivision established by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
Premises: includes the systems, other component improvements, other structures, or recreational facilities appurtenant to, but not necessarily a part of, the dwelling or facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Premises: shall include but not be limited to a lodging or tenement house, group residence, group living arrangement, hotel, boardinghouse, or restaurant as further defined in § 445-90, or any other like facility serving unsupervised or unrelated individuals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-15.6
Present value: means the value of past or future payments adjusted to a base period by a discount rate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
Primary applicant: means an individual who is applying to participate in the address confidentiality program as a victim of domestic abuse, a sexual offense, or stalking; provided that a parent or guardian applying on behalf of a minor or an incapacitated person shall not be considered a primary applicant; provided further that a parent or guardian may apply as a secondary applicant under section 801G-4. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Principal: means a person who has entered into a development agreement pursuant to the procedures specified in this chapter, including a successor in interest. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-122
Principal office: means the office (in or out of the State) so designated in the annual report where the principal offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Principal office: means the office where the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership is located, whether or not the office is located in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Proceeds: means property of any kind acquired or derived directly or indirectly from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 708A-2
Profit corporation: means a corporation organized for profit and registered under chapter 414. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
program: means the program established by section 801G-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Program director: means the director of the address confidentiality program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Programmatic agreement: means a document that sets forth the terms of a formal, legally binding agreement and establishes a process for consultation, review, and compliance with federal laws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
Project: means any activity directly undertaken by the State or its political subdivisions or supported in whole or in part through appropriations, contracts, grants, loans, or other forms of funding assistance from the State or its political subdivisions or involving any lease, permit, license, certificate, land use change, or other entitlement for use issued by the State or its political subdivisions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
project: means :
(1) The lawful acquisition of any property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interests therein, pursuant to section 10-4(2);
(2) Any capital improvement projects on lands held by the office pursuant to section 10-4(2) or in the public land trust, including but not limited to the construction of buildings and other improvements; infrastructure development, and other enterprises which are acquired, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, improved, altered, or repaired by or on behalf of the office;
(3) Pilot projects, demonstrations, or both, where those projects or demonstrations fulfill criteria established by the board, pursuant to section 10-5(7); and
(4) Any other projects determined by rules adopted by the board pursuant to chapter 91 or otherwise authorized by the board in accordance with applicable law to be for the betterment of native Hawaiians and are consistent with the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 10-21
Project agreement: means any lease, sublease, loan agreement, conditional sale agreement, or other similar financing contract or agreement, or combination thereof entered into under this chapter by the county, including the financing of a pollution control project from the proceeds of the special purpose revenue bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Project costs: means expenditures made or estimated to be made or monetary obligations incurred or estimated to be incurred by the agency that are listed in a tax increment financing plan as costs of public works or public improvements in a tax increment district, plus other costs incidental to the expenditures or obligations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Project party: means the person with whom the county enters into a project agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Property: means anything of value, including any interest, benefit, privilege, claim, or right with respect to anything of value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 708A-2
Proportionate share: means the portion of total public facility capital improvement costs that is reasonably attributable to a development, less:
(1) Any credits for past or future payments, adjusted to present value, for public facility capital improvement costs made or reasonably anticipated to be contributed by a developer in the form of user fees, debt service payments, taxes, or other payments; or
(2) Offsets for non-site related public facility capital improvements provided by a developer pursuant to county land use provisions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Provisional ballot: means a ballot and any accompanying materials issued to a voter that are segregated for review and subsequent determination of validity, in accordance with eligibility criteria and other requirements of law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
Public benefit corporation: means any corporation designated by statute as a public benefit corporation, or any corporation that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or that is organized for public or charitable purposes and upon dissolution must distribute its assets to a public benefit corporation, the United States, a state, or a person recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
Public facility capital improvement costs: means costs of land acquisition, construction, planning and engineering, administration, and legal and financial consulting fees associated with construction, expansion, or improvement of a public facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Public nuisances: shall include but not be limited to the placement of structures, stalls, stands, furniture, and containers on streets, sidewalks, and public places where the placement of structures, stalls, stands, furniture, and containers are inconsistent with or frustrate the purpose, function, or activity for which the street, sidewalk, or public place was intended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-15.6
Public purpose: as used in this chapter , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, includes but shall not be limited to all public uses, the straightening of boundaries of public lands, acquisition of access to landlocked public lands, the consolidation of the holdings of public lands, development of houselots, farmlots, and industrial parks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Public record: means all documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, digital data, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance in connection with the transaction of public business by a state or local government agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Qualified assignment agreement: means an agreement providing for a qualified assignment within the meaning of section 130 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, United States Code title 26, as amended from time to time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Qualifying contribution: means an aggregate monetary contribution of $100 or less by an individual Hawaii resident during a matching payment period that is received after a candidate files a statement of intent to seek public funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Reasonable benefit: means a benefit received by a development from a public facility capital improvement that is greater than the benefit afforded the general public in the jurisdiction imposing the impact fees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Record date: means the date established under part VI or part VII on which a corporation determines the identity of its members for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Recoupment: means the proportionate share of the public facility capital improvement costs of excess capacity in existing capital facilities where excess capacity has been provided in anticipation of the needs of a development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
Redevelopment plan: means a plan as defined in § 53-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Registered office: means the office that a domestic or foreign limited partnership is required to register and maintain under § 425E-114. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Regulation: means any rule and regulation promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 91. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
Relative: means an ascendant, descendant, or collateral or an individual otherwise related to another individual by blood, marriage, adoption, or law of this State other than this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 668A-2
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
Required information: means the information that a limited partnership is required to maintain under § 425E-111. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
Reserves: means reserves required or permitted in the covenants in the resolution or resolutions of the board authorizing the obtaining of loans or issuance of revenue bonds under this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 10-21
Responsible administrative authority: means , with respect to a structured settlement, any government authority vested by law with exclusive jurisdiction over the settled claim resolved by the structured settlement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Revenue bonds: means revenue bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other evidence of indebtedness of the board authorized by or issued under this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 10-21
Runoff election: means any single election required by county charters preceded by an election that failed to elect a candidate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
SBA: means the Federal Small Business Administration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 189-21
Scientific purposes: means research, or exploration, or both, conducted by persons affiliated with recognized scientific organizations with the intent to advance knowledge and to publish the results of exploration or research in an appropriate medium. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6D-1
Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 414D-153(b) for preparing the minutes of the directors' and members' meetings and for authenticating the records of the corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Senate: means the state senate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21F-2
Sending district: means one or more designated districts or areas of land in which development rights may be designated for use in one or more receiving districts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-162
Service: means personal service or delivery by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the addressee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 672E-1
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Settled claim: means the original tort claim resolved by a structured settlement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
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.
Sexual offense: means an act described in § 707-730, 707-731, 707-732, 707-733, 707-733. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Share or membership capital: refers to the capital paid into an association by a member in accordance with section 421C-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Showup: means an identification procedure in which an eyewitness is presented in-person with a single suspect for the purpose of determining whether the eyewitness identifies this individual as the possible perpetrator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Sign: means to execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record or to attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to authenticate the record. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Site-related improvements: means land dedications or the provision of public facility capital improvements for the exclusive use or benefit of a development or for the provision of safe and adequate public facilities related to a particular development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-141
Sole ownership: The type of property ownership in which one individual holds legal title to the property and has full control of it.
Special election: means any election other than a primary or general election. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Special purpose revenue bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a county issued pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 48E-1
Specified unlawful activity: means any act, or series of acts, that:
(a) Constitutes a felony under the laws of this State;
(b) If occurring outside this State, may be punishable by confinement for more than one year under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the act occurred;
(c) Involves an act or acts constituting the offense of gambling, criminal property damage, extortion, theft, or prostitution or a drug offense under chapters 329, 329C, or part IV of chapter 712 or any firearm offense; or
(d) If occurring outside this State, would constitute the offense of gambling, criminal property damage, extortion, theft, or prostitution or a drug offense under chapters 329, 329C, or part IV of chapter 712 or any firearm offense under the laws of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 708A-2
Stalking: means any act described in sections 711-1106. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
State average weekly wage: means the amount determined by the director under section 383-22 as the average weekly wage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
State historic preservation officer: means that officer appointed by the governor as provided in § 6E-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6E-2
State marine waters: means all waters of the State, including the water column, water surface, and state submerged lands, extending from the upper reaches of the wash of the waves on shore seaward to the limit of the State's police power and management authority, including the United States territorial sea, notwithstanding any law to the contrary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
State of emergency: means an occurrence in any part of the State that requires efforts by state government to save lives and protect property, environment, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of an emergency or disaster, or to reduce the threat of an emergency or disaster, or to supplement the local efforts of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
State utility: means and refers to any public utility within the State under a franchise or charter granted by the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
States: include the several states, the District of Columbia, and the possessions of the United States, and also includes the State of Hawaii, and to the extent authorized by or under federal law, foreign countries and their provinces and states. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Structured settlement: means an arrangement for periodic payment of damages for personal injuries or sickness established by settlement or judgment in resolution of a tort claim. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Structured settlement agreement: means the agreement, judgment, stipulation, or release embodying the terms of a structured settlement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Structured settlement obligor: means , with respect to any structured settlement, the party that has the continuing obligation to make periodic payments to the payee under a structured settlement agreement or a qualified assignment agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Structured settlement payment rights: means rights to receive periodic payments under a structured settlement, whether from the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer, where:
(1) The payee is domiciled in, or the domicile or principal place of business of the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer is located in, this State;
(2) The structured settlement agreement was approved by a court or responsible administrative authority in this State; or
(3) The structured settlement agreement is expressly governed by the laws of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
Substitute address: means an address that is used instead of an actual address and assigned to a participant under the address confidentiality program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Surplus funds: means funds of an association which may be utilized for capital improvements, emergencies, or other expenditures of the association upon the authorization of the directors as specified in § 421C-25 or as otherwise specified in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Suspect: means the person believed by law enforcement to be the possible perpetrator of the crime. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801K-1
Tax increment: means the amount of real property taxes levied for one year on the assessment increment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Tax increment financing plan: means the plan for tax increment financing for a tax increment district submitted to the county council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Tax increment fund: means a fund which shall be held by the director of finance or other fiduciary designated by the county council and into which all tax increments and other moneys pledged by the county for payment of tax increment bonds are paid, and all proceeds from the sale of tax increment bonds are deposited, and from which moneys are disbursed to pay project costs for the tax increment district or to satisfy claims of holders of tax increment bonds issued for the district. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-102
Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
Terms of the structured settlement: include , with respect to any structured settlement, the terms of the structured settlement agreement, the annuity contract, any qualified assignment agreement, and any order or other approval of any court or responsible administrative authority or other government authority that authorized or approved the structured settlement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Total disability: means disability of such an extent that the disabled employee has no reasonable prospect of finding regular employment of any kind in the normal labor market. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Traffic control: includes plans, regulations, devices, and actions for the control of traffic to provide for the rapid and safe movement or evacuation of individuals, vehicles, and materials for emergency management, and for the movement and cessation of movement of any pedestrians and vehicular traffic during, before, and after emergencies and disasters, emergency management exercises and training, or other emergency management actions or activities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
Transaction: includes a purchase, sale, trade, loan, pledge, investment, gift, transfer, transmission, delivery, deposit, withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency, extension of credit, purchase, sale, or exchange of any monetary instrument, use of a safe deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition of property by whatever means effected. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 708A-2
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Transfer: means any sale, assignment, pledge, hypothecation, or other alienation or encumbrance of structured settlement payment rights made by a payee for consideration; provided that the term "transfer" shall not include the creation or perfection of a security interest in structured settlement payment rights under a blanket security agreement entered into with an insured depository institution, in the absence of any action to redirect the structured settlement payments to such insured depository institution, or an agent or successor in interest, or otherwise to enforce the blanket security interest against the structured settlement payment rights. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, deed, bill of sale, lease, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, gift, and transfer by operation of law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Transfer agreement: means the agreement providing for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Transfer expenses: means all expenses of a transfer that are required under the transfer agreement to be paid by the payee or deducted from the gross advance amount, including, without limitation, court filing fees, attorneys fees, escrow fees, lien recordation fees, judgment and lien search fees, finders' fees, commissions, and other payments to a broker or other intermediary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Transfer of development rights: means the process by which development rights are transferred from one lot, parcel, or area of land in any sending district to another lot, parcel, or area of land in one or more receiving districts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-162
Transferable interest: means a partner's right to receive distributions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Transferee: means a party acquiring or proposing to acquire structured settlement payment rights through a transfer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 676-1
Transferee: means a person to which all or part of a transferable interest has been transferred, whether or not the transferor is a partner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
Treasurer: means a person appointed under § 11-324 and unless expressly indicated otherwise, includes deputy treasurers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Trial jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Unclaimed property: includes moneys, checks, drafts, interest, dividends, income, credit balances, overpayments, deposits, refunds, and non-escheat patronage refunds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 421C-1
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
Uninsured motor vehicle: means any of the following:
(1) A motor vehicle for which there is no bodily injury liability insurance or self-insurance applicable at the time of the accident; or
(2) An unidentified motor vehicle that causes an accident resulting in injury; provided the accident is reported to the police or proper governmental authority within thirty days or as soon as practicable thereafter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:10C-103
United States: includes district, authority, bureau, commission, department, and any other agency of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
university: refers to the University of Hawaii, unless otherwise required by the context. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 304A-101
Unlawful activity: means any act that is chargeable or indictable as an offense of any degree or class under the laws of this State or under federal law or, if the act occurred in a jurisdiction other than this State, would be chargeable or indictable as an offense of any degree or class under the laws of this State or under federal law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 708A-2
Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
Victim services organization: means a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to, or advocates for, victims of domestic abuse or sexual violence, including rape crisis centers; an organization operating a shelter or providing professional counseling services; or an organization that provides assistance with the legal process including but not limited to the victim-witness assistance program and victim-witness assistance units established in section 28-111. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 801G-1
Voir dire: The process by which judges and lawyers select a petit jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to determine knowledge of the facts of the case and a willingness to decide the case only on the evidence presented in court. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."
Vote: includes authorization by ballot and written consent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Voter service center: means a location within the county of the voter's registration address established pursuant to section 11-109 to serve all of the following purposes:
(1) Receive return envelopes for absentee ballots pursuant to chapter 15;
(2) Receive return identification envelopes in an election by mail conducted pursuant to part VIIA;
(3) Provide voting machine services for persons with disabilities pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, P. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Voting power: means the total number of votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote which is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event that has not occurred at the time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414D-14
Voting system: means the use of paper ballots, electronic transmission, voting machines, elections by mail pursuant to part VIIA, absentee voting pursuant to chapter 15, or any system by which votes are cast and counted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
Wages: means all remuneration for services constituting employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Water column: means the vertical extent of marine waters, including the surface, above submerged lands. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 190D-3
Waters: means the area extending seaward two miles from the shoreline. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 6K-2
Work injury: means a personal injury suffered under the conditions specified in § 386-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

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