Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 346 > Part VII - Resident Alien and Naturalized Citizen Program

• Adult: means an individual who has attained the age of twenty-one years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Alien: means any person not a citizen or national of the United States but who is allowed, under federal law, to reside in the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-142
• Conservator: means a person appointed or qualified by a court to act as general, limited, or temporary guardian of a minor's property or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means the circuit court of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Custodial property: means (1) any interest in property transferred to a custodian under this chapter and (2) the income from and proceeds of that interest in property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Custodian: means a person so designated under section 553A-9 or a successor or substitute custodian designated under section 553A-18. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Director: means the director of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• 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.
• Financial assistance: means public assistance, except for payments for medical care, social service payments, transportation assistance, and emergency assistance under § 346-65, including funds received from the federal government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• 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.
• Homeland: means the country in which a person was born. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-142
• Legal representative: means an individual's personal representative or conservator. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Minor: means an individual who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Naturalized citizen: means a person who was not born in the United States, but who has the rights and privileges of a citizen bestowed upon the person by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-142
• 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, organization, or other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Qualified person: means an alien or naturalized citizen of the United States who:

  (1) Is a resident of the State of Hawaii;

  (2) Is sixty years of age or older;

  (3) Is eligible to receive or receives financial assistance under this chapter on the date of the application for transportation assistance under this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-142

• State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Transfer: means a transaction that creates custodial property under section 553A-9. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Transferor: means a person who makes a transfer under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1
• Transportation assistance: means the amount determined by the director under § 346-145. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-142
• Trust company: means a financial institution, corporation, or other legal entity, authorized to exercise general trust powers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 553A-1