Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 339D > Part IV - Television Recovery System

• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Brand: means a symbol, word, or mark that identifies an electronic device , rather than any of its components. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Collector: means a person that accepts electronic devices for reuse or delivers the devices to a recycler for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Company retail station: means a retail service station owned and operated by a manufacturer or jobber and where retail prices are set by that manufacturer or jobber. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dealer retail station: means a retail service station owned by a manufacturer or jobber and operated by a qualified gasoline dealer other than a manufacturer or a jobber under a franchise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Franchise: means :

  (1) Any agreement or related agreements between a petroleum distributor and a gasoline dealer under which the gasoline dealer is granted the right to use a trademark, trade name, service mark, or other identifying symbol or name owned by the distributor in connection with the retail sale of petroleum products supplied by the petroleum distributor; or

  (2) Any agreement or related agreements described in paragraph (1) and any agreement between a petroleum distributor and a gasoline dealer under which the gasoline dealer is granted the right to occupy the premises owned, leased, or controlled by the distributor, for the purpose of engaging in the retail sale of petroleum products supplied by the distributor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1

• Gasoline: includes gasoline, benzol, benzine, naphtha, and any other liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale, sold for use as, or used for, the generation of power for the propulsion of motor vehicles, including any product obtained by blending together any one or more petroleum products with or without other products, if the resultant product is capable of the same use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Gasoline dealer: means any person engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products in the United States under a franchise agreement entered into with a petroleum distributor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Good faith: means the duty of a gasoline dealer and a petroleum distributor to act in a fair and equitable manner in the performance and in the demanding of performance of the terms and provisions of the franchise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Independent retail station: means a retail service station not owned by a manufacturer or jobber and operated by a qualified gasoline dealer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Inventory: means any product sold to a gasoline dealer for resale purposes by a petroleum distributor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Jobber: means every wholesaler of petroleum products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• 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.
• 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}
• Manufacturer: means every producer or refiner of petroleum products on January 1, 1992, or any subsidiary of that producer or refiner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
• 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.
• Operate: means to engage in the business of selling motor vehicle fuel at a retail service station through any employee, commissioned agent, subsidiary company, or person managing a retail service station under a contract and on a fee arrangement with the manufacturer or jobber. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Other areas: means the second congressional district of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Person: means any individual, business, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, not-for-profit organization, association, government entity, public benefit corporation, or public authority. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Petroleum distributor: means any person engaged in the sale, consignment, or distribution of petroleum products to retail outlets that it owns, leases, or otherwise controls. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Pre-tax: when used in reference to a price means such price net of the fuel-related or other taxes assessed when the gasoline is sold. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Purchase: means any acquisition of ownership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Recycler: means any person who engages in the recycling of electronic devices for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Recycling: means processing , including disassembling, dismantling, or shredding, electronic devices or their components to recover a useable product. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Retail: means a sale of gasoline made to the general public at prices that are displayed on the dispensing equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• retail station: means a place of business where motor vehicle fuel is sold and delivered into the tanks of motor vehicles and includes a company retail station, a dealer retail station, and an independent retail station. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• Retailer: means any person who offers electronic devices for sale, other than for resale by the purchaser, through any means, including sales outlets, catalogs, or the Internet. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Reuse: means any operation by which an electronic device changes ownership and is used for the same purpose for which it was originally purchased. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Sale: means any exchange, gift, or other disposition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1
• sale: means any transfer for consideration of title, including transactions conducted through sales outlets, catalogs, or the Internet, but excluding leases. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 339D-1
• Urban: means the first congressional district of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486H-1