Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 144 - Feed

• 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.
• 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}
• Board: means the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund described in § 87A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Brand name: means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof identifying the commercial feed of a distributor and distinguishing it from that of others. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Carrier: means a voluntary association, corporation, partnership, or organization engaged in providing, paying for, arranging for, or reimbursing the cost of, health benefits or long-term care benefits under group insurance contracts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Commercial feed: means all feed except:
  (1) Whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of section 144-6, that are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed;
  (2) Hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls when:

  (A) Unground; or

  (B) Unmixed with other materials;
  (3) Wet garbage;
  (4) Individual chemical compounds when not mixed with other materials; and
  (5) Unmixed feeding cane molasses, unmixed pineapple pulp, unmixed pineapple hay, and unmixed sugarcane hay. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contribution: means money payments made to the fund by the State, the counties, an employee-beneficiary, or a qualified-beneficiary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• County: means the counties of Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui, including their respective boards of water supply and other quasi-independent boards, commissions, and agencies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Custom-mixed feed: means a special commercial mixture that is formulated by the manufacturer or processor in accordance with the specific instructions of the final purchaser and contains feed material or materials wholly or partly supplied by the manufacturer or processor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Distribute: means to offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply feed, commercial feeds, or custom-mixed feeds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Distributor: means any person who distributes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Drug: means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than human and articles other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Employee: means an employee or officer of the State, county, or legislature,

  (1) Including:

  (A) An elective officer;

  (B) An officer or employee under an authorized leave of absence;

  (C) An employee of the Hawaii national guard although paid from federal funds;

  (D) A retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;

  (E) A salaried and full-time member of a board, commission, or agency appointed by the governor or the mayor of a county; and

  (F) A person employed by contract for a period not exceeding one year, where the director of human resources development, personnel services, or civil service has certified that the service is essential or needed in the public interest and that, because of circumstances surrounding its fulfillment, personnel to perform the service cannot be obtained through normal civil service recruitment procedures,

  (2) But excluding:

  (A) A designated beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;

  (B) Except as allowed under paragraph (1)(F), a person employed temporarily on a fee or contract basis; and

  (C) A part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1

• Employee-beneficiary: means :

  (1) An employee;

  (2) The beneficiary of an employee who is killed in the performance of the employee's duty, including:

  (A) The surviving child, if there is no surviving parent who is eligible to be an employee-beneficiary and the child is unmarried and under the limiting age as defined by the board; and

  (B) The surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse does not subsequently remarry;

  (3) An employee who retired prior to 1961; and

  (4) The beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; a county pension system; or a police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or a county, upon the death of the retired member, including:

  (A) The surviving child, if there is no surviving parent who is eligible to be an employee-beneficiary and the child is unmarried and under the limiting age as defined by the board; and

  (B) The surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse does not subsequently remarry;

  provided that the employee, the employee's beneficiary, or the beneficiary of the deceased retired employee is deemed eligible by the board to participate in a health benefits plan or long-term care benefits plan under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1

• 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}
• 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.
• Feed: means all edible materials consumed by animals, other than dogs, cats, or other domestic pets, that contribute energy or nutrients to the animal's diet and are distributed or imported. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Feed ingredient: means each of the constituent materials making up a feed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Fund: means the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund established in section 87A-30. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Health benefits plan: means :

  (1) A group insurance contract or service agreement that may include medical, hospital, surgical, prescribed drugs, vision, and dental services, in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of the services as determined by the board; or

  (2) A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1

• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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}
• 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.
• Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter:
  (1) Upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed or imported; or
  (2) On the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed or custom-mixed feed is distributed or imported. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Long-term care benefits plan: means :

  (1) A group insurance contract or service agreement in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of long-term care benefits as determined by the board; or

  (2) A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1

• Manufacture: means to grind, mix, or blend or further process a commercial feed for distribution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Official sample: means any sample of feed taken by the department or its agent and designated as "official" by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• 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.
• Person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Product name: means the name of the commercial feed that identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Qualified-beneficiary: means , for purposes of the long-term care benefits plan, a former employee or an employee who is not eligible for benefits due to a reduction in work hours, including the spouse, divorced spouse, parents, grandparents, in-law parents, and in-law grandparents of an employee or retiree; provided that the beneficiary was enrolled in the plan before the employee or former employee became ineligible for benefits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• sale: includes exchange. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
• Toll-milled feed: means a special feed that is processed by the processor:
  (1) From materials entirely delivered by the owner thereof or the owner's authorized agent; and
  (2) In accordance with the specific instructions of the owner,

  and that is not distributed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2

• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: means a trustee of the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, as described in § 87A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.