Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 340E > Part III - Drinking Water Financing

• Administrator: means the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Article: means any previously owned good or chattel, including, but not limited to, precious or semiprecious metals or precious or semiprecious gems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Automated recycling kiosk: means an interactive device that is installed within a secure retail space and performs the following technological functions:
  (1)Only accepts for recycling previously owned handheld electronic cellular phone devices;
  (2)Verifies a seller's identity through a combination of technology within the kiosk and remote examination of a government-issued identification by a live representative during each transaction;
  (3)Securely stores devices accepted by the kiosk;
  (4)Records images of the seller and the devices accepted during the transaction;
  (5)Possesses computerized record-keeping and transmittal capabilities;
  (6)Electronically transmits transaction records to law enforcement within twenty-four hours from when the device was received; and
  (7)Can be remotely opened upon request by law enforcement during normal business hours. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Business day: means any calendar day on which the health club is open for inspection and use by the buyer, except Saturdays, Sundays, and state or federal holidays. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• Buyer: means a natural person who enters into a health club contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract price: means the price for the purchase of a membership in a health club or for services offered by a health club or for use of the facilities of a health club. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Dealer: means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity who engages in a business which includes the buying of previously owned [articles,] and includes any pawnbroker or secondhand dealer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1
• Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• Director: means the director of health or the director's authorized agent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• Drinking water fund: means the drinking water treatment revolving loan fund established by section 340E-35. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-31
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Federal Act: means the Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, as amended by the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986, Public Law 99-339, and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-182. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• 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.
• Health club: means any person operating a business organized for profit, offering facilities or services for the maintenance or development of physical fitness or well-being through physical exercise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• Health club contract: means a contract for membership in a health club, or for services offered by a health club, or for use of facilities of a health club, for a period longer than seven days. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486N-1
• 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}
• National primary drinking water regulations: means primary drinking water regulations promulgated by the administrator pursuant to the Federal Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• 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.
• Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, county, city and county, state, or federal agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• 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 water system: means a system which provides water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 340E-1
• 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.
• Secondhand dealer: means any person who trades in secondhand or previously owned articles, including the operation of an automated recycling kiosk, and includes any person subject to part VII of chapter 445. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486M-1