(a) The corporation, with the approval of the governor, may issue, from time to time, revenue bonds in amounts not exceeding the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued by the legislature for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, remodeling, furnishing, and equipping any project facility, including the acquisition of the site thereof; acquiring agricultural lands through purchase to sustain and preserve viable agricultural enterprises within a contiguous geographic area; or acquiring agricultural lands for the protection of agricultural lands, public land banking, or the promotion of farm ownership and diversified agriculture.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-9

  • Agriculture: means the production for consumption within the State and exporting of plant and animal life on land and within ponds and other bodies of water for food, fiber, and raw materials for value-added products, and any agricultural enterprise or enterprises organized for the production of agricultural materials or value-added products based on detailed marketing analysis and strategies to exploit profitable potentials in local, national, and international markets, including general farming, cane growing, fruit growing, flower growing, aquaculture, growing of timber and forest products, apiary, grazing, dairying, and the production of any form of livestock or poultry, and their appurtenant services and facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Corporation: means the agribusiness development corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • 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.
  • Project: means a specific undertaking, improvement, or system consisting of work or improvement, including personal property or any interest therein, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, improved, altered, or repaired by the corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
  • Revenue bonds: means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness of the corporation issued to finance any project facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 163D-2
(b) All revenue bonds shall be issued pursuant to part III of chapter 39, except as provided in this chapter.
(c) The revenue bonds shall be issued in the name of the corporation and not in the name of the State. The final maturity date of the revenue bonds may be any date not exceeding thirty years from the date of issuance.