Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 304A > Part I > AGRICULTURE

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Codes and standards: means nationally recognized minimum requirements that shall be met for design and construction to safeguard life, property, and the general welfare. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• 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.
• Council: means the state building code council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Department: means the department of accounting and general services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• 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.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• 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.
• sister-state or province relationship: means a relationship between the State of Hawaii and the state or province or similar governmental or political subdivision of a foreign nation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 229-1
• university: refers to the University of Hawaii, unless otherwise required by the context. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 304A-101