Part I Office of Auditor Proper 23-1 – 23-14
Part IV Social and Financial Assessment of Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage 23-51 – 23-52
Part V Legislative Advisory Committee 23-61 – 23-67
Part VI Review of Tax Exemptions, Exclusions, and Credits 23-71 – 23-81
Part VII Review of Tax Credits, Exclusions, and Deductions 23-91 – 23-96

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 23 - Auditor

  • Adjournment sine die: The end of a legislative session "without day." These adjournments are used to indicate the final adjournment of an annual or the two-year session of legislature.
  • Advertisement: means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: means the judiciary, any executive department, independent commission, board, authority, bureau, office, other establishment of the State (except the legislature and its agencies), or public corporation that is supported in whole or in part by state funds, or any agent thereof, authorized by law to expend available moneys; provided that the Hawaii health systems corporation and its regional system boards shall not be governed by this chapter for any financing agreement unless it elects to be. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Agricultural seed: includes the seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops and other kinds of seed commonly recognized within the State as agricultural seed and mixtures of these seed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Algae: means any plant containing chlorophyll, which lacks true roots, stems, and leaves, and typically inhabits moist habitats, except those algae on or in humans or animals in Hawaii and those in or on processed foods, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Animal: means any invertebrate or vertebrate species of the animal kingdom including but not limited to mammal, bird, fish, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, insect, mite, and nematode, other than common domestic animal such as dog and cat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney general: means the attorney general of the State or any duly designated deputy attorney general. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Available moneys: means moneys appropriated or otherwise made available, from time to time, by the legislature to pay amounts due under a financing agreement for the fiscal period in which the payments are due, together with any unexpended proceeds of the financing agreement, and any reserves or other amounts that have been deposited in trust to pay amounts due under the financing agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Bacteria: means any prokaryotic or archaeobacterial organism, except those bacteria on or in humans or animals in Hawaii, and those in or on processed foods, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Board: means board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Board: means the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Board: means the board of water supply of each county;

    "Council" means the council of each county;

    "County" means a county or city and county of the State;

    "County attorney" means the legal advisor of a county;

    "County auditor" means the auditor or finance officer of a county performing the audit function;

    "County treasurer" means the county official maintaining its treasury;

    "Mayor" means the executive officer of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 54-11

  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, and other instruments of indebtedness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Capital: means :

    (1) The aggregate par value or other amount received and allocated to the issued and outstanding capital stock of a financial institution; or

    (2) The total amount of a credit union's outstanding and unimpaired membership shares or share accounts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Capital stock: means the units of interest, whether or not having a par value, common or preferred, legally issued by a financial institution or other corporation, which represents a fractional ownership interest in the institution or corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Car-sharing delivery period: means the period of time during which a shared car is being delivered to the location of the car-sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the car-sharing delivery period or, if there is no delivery period, that commences with the car-sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car-sharing termination time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing program agreement: means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared car owner, a shared car driver, and a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, if applicable, that govern the use of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing start time: means the time the shared car driver obtains operation, use, or control of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing termination time: means the latest of the following events:

    (1) The expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared car according to the terms of the car-sharing program agreement if the shared car is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement;
    (2) When the shared car is returned to a location as alternatively agreed upon by the shared car owner and shared car driver as communicated through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program;
    (3) When a shared car is returned to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement or alternatively agreed upon by the shared car owner and the shared car driver, as communicated through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program, before the expiration of the period of time established for the use of a shared car according to the terms of the car-sharing program agreement, and the shared car driver notifies the peer-to-peer car-sharing program of the location of the shared car;
    (4) When a shared car, during the car-sharing period, cannot safely or legally be operated and the shared car driver notifies the peer-to-peer car-sharing program that the shared car is inoperable and identifies the location of the shared car;
    (5) When the shared car driver receives notice of a safety recall affecting the shared car and the shared car driver returns the shared car to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement, or alternatively agreed upon by the shared car owner and the shared car driver, and the shared car driver notifies the peer-to-peer car-sharing program of the location of the shared car; or
    (6) When the shared car owner or the shared car owner's authorized designee takes possession and control of the shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Chairperson: means chairperson of the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of agriculture, or the chairperson's duly authorized agents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Child: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 28-181
  • Commercial sexual exploitation of children: means any sexual activity involving a child for the exchange or promise of anything of value by any person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 28-181
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Committee: means the joint legislative budget committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21F-2
  • Committee: means the access Hawaii committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
  • committee: means the legislative advisory committee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 23-62
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Community Reinvestment Act: The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977. Source: OCC
  • Company: means any corporation, partnership, trust (business or otherwise), association, joint venture, pool syndicate, unincorporated organization, or any form of business entity not specifically listed herein and, unless specifically excluded, a financial institution; provided that "company" does not mean any trust existing on July 1, 1993, which under its terms must terminate within twenty-five years, or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of individuals living on the effective date of the trust. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Control: means , unless the context clearly requires otherwise, directly or indirectly, solely or through another person or transaction, or in concert with another:

    (1) Owning or having the power to vote twenty-five per cent or more of any class of voting securities;

    (2) Owning or having the power to exercise twenty-five per cent or more of the votes of a mutual association, credit union, or other entity whose voting rights are not determined by voting securities;

    (3) Owning or having the power to vote ten per cent or more of any class of voting securities if:

    (A) the issuer of that class of securities has issued any class of securities under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or

    (B) immediately after the acquisition, no other person will own a greater percentage of that class of voting securities;

    (4) Having the power to elect by any means a majority of the directors; or

    (5) Having the power to exercise a dominant influence over management, if so determined by the commissioner after notice and a hearing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • County: means the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui and the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of budget and finance of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Department: means department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Department: means the Hawaii department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Depository institution: means a financial institution that is authorized to accept deposits under its chartering or licensing authority and includes a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, depository financial services loan company, credit union, or intra-Pacific bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • deposits: means money or its equivalent received or held by a person in the usual course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to give credit, either conditionally or unconditionally, to a demand, checking, savings, time, passbook, negotiable order of withdrawal, thrift, or share account, or which is evidenced by its passbook, certificate of deposit, thrift certificate, investment certificate, certificate of indebtedness, or other similar instrument, or a check, draft, or share draft drawn against a deposit account and certified by a person, on which the person is primarily liable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of finance of the State or any duly designated deputy director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Director: means any member of the board of directors of a financial institution, whether or not receiving compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Division: means the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Environment: includes water, air, land, and all plants and humans and other animals living therein, and the interrelationships which exist among these. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • EPA: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Federal: means belonging to, part of, or related to the government of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal financial institution: means a national banking association, federal savings bank, federal savings and loan association or federal credit union. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Home Loan Bank: means a federal home loan bank created and organized under the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Reserve Bank: means a federal reserve bank created and organized under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Reserve Board: means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System created and described in the Federal Reserve Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Financial institution: means a Hawaii financial institution, and unless the context indicates otherwise, a federal financial institution or foreign financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Financing agreement: means any lease purchase agreement, installment sale agreement, loan agreement, line of credit, or other agreement of the department or, with the approval of the director, and any agency, to finance the improvement, use, or acquisition of real or personal property that is or will be owned or operated by one or more agencies of the State, the department, or any agency, or to refinance previously executed financing agreements including certificates of participation relating thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-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.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Freight: means nonpassenger goods, cargo, or lading, transported for pay. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Governing body: means the council of each county, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Government agency: means any government agency that stores, gathers, or generates public information, including all branches of government, all executive departments, boards, and commissions of the State or counties, and all public corporations created by the legislature. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-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.
  • Hawaii financial institution: means :

    (1) A corporation or credit union that holds a charter or license under this chapter or under prior Hawaii law, authorizing it to accept deposits, to make loans in excess of the rates permitted in chapter 478, or to engage in the business of a trust company; or

    (2) A resulting bank as defined in article 12,

    and includes a corporation or credit union existing and chartered as a Hawaii financial institution or licensed to transact business in this State on July 1, 1993. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Holding company: means any company which controls another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Human trafficking: includes "severe forms of trafficking in persons" as defined in title 22 United States Code § 7102(11), and "sex trafficking" as defined in title 22 United States Code § 7102(12) and as described in section 712-1202. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 28-181
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Import: means shipment to the State from any point outside of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insect: means an invertebrate animal belonging to the class Insecta, including beetle, bug, fly, and other arthropods, such as spider, mite, tick, centipede, and wood louse. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Inspect: means to examine material to ascertain the presence or absence of quarantine pests and to otherwise determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Inspector: means any employee or official of the department authorized by the board to administer and enforce the provisions of this law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • international banking corporation: means a corporation which has authority to operate as an international banking corporation under this part and has been required to use the term "international banking corporation" or such other term approved by the commissioner and containing the word "international" "foreign" "overseas" or some similar word as part of its name. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:5A-200
  • Internet: means the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the internet protocol (IP), or its subsequent extension; and that is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite, or its subsequent extension, or other IP-compatible protocols; and that provides, uses, or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, information to users. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
  • Internet portal: means the centralized electronic information system by which public information is provided via dial-in modem or continuous link to the public through subscriptions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-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.
  • Kind: means one or more related species or subspecies which singly or collectively is known by one common name, for example, corn, barley, lettuce, and alfalfa. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Label: means the written, printed, or graphic matter upon the container of any article as pertaining to plant quarantine laws and regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • labeling: includes all written, printed, or graphic representations in any form whatsoever, accompanying or pertaining to any seed, whether in bulk or in containers, and includes representations on invoices. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • 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
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Loans and extensions of credit: includes a contractual commitment to advance funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Lot: means a definite quantity of seed identified by a number or other identification, every portion or bag of which is uniform, within permitted tolerances, for the factors which appear in the labeling. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Microorganism: means any unicellular microscopic organism including but not limited to algae, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Noxious weed seed: means the seed of plant species designated by the department by rule as being highly destructive and difficult to control or eradicate in the State by ordinary, good cultural practices, herbicides, and other control measures, or is, or which may be likely to become injurious, harmful, or deleterious to the agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural, or livestock industry of the State and to forest and recreational areas and conservation districts of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Obligation: means any bond, debt, debenture, loan, note or similar undertaking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • 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.
  • Office: means the office of the legislative analyst. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 21F-2
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Paid-in capital: means the amount of capital actually received by the financial institution for its capital stock, membership shares or share accounts, as the case may be. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Passed: means the clearance status for entry given an article for import after inspection or quarantine requirements have been met. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Peer-to-peer car-sharing: means the operation, use, or control of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Person: means a natural person, entity or organization, including without limitation an individual, corporation, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, cooperative, estate, trust, or governmental unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Person: means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Person: includes any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Personal property: means tangible personal property, software, and fixtures. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pest: means any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacterium, or any other microorganism, except viruses, bacterium, or any other microorganisms on or in living humans or other living animals, which the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency determines to be a pest pursuant to the [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act]. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Pest: means any animal, insect, disease agent or other organism in any stage of development that is detrimental or potentially harmful to agriculture, or horticulture, or animal or public health, or natural resources including native biota or has an adverse effect on the environment as determined by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Pesticide: means :

    (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and

    (2) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Political subdivision: means and includes all counties and municipalities of the State insofar as they are supported by or handle state or public funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 23-1
  • Portal manager: means the entity or person engaged to manage and operate the internet portal on behalf of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Project: means the real and personal property to be acquired or improved by the department or an agency with the proceeds of a financing agreement of the department or the agency, respectively, or provided to the agency by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Property rights: means , with respect to personal property, the rights of a secured party under chapter 490, and, with respect to real property, the rights of a trustee or lender under a lease authorized by section 37D-3(4). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Protozoa: means any nonphotosynthetic eukaryotic organisms, either unicellular or composed of a group of more or less identical cells, generally motile by means of appendages or movements of the cell itself at some or all stages of their life cycle, except those protozoa on or in humans or animals in Hawaii, and those in or on processed foods, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • 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.
  • Receiver: means a person appointed by the commissioner to take possession and control of a Hawaii financial institution for the purpose of liquidating and winding up the affairs of the institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Registrant: means the person registering or licensing any pesticide pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Shared car: means a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to chapter 286 and is not owned, controlled, operated, maintained, or managed by or registered, directly or indirectly through an affiliate, to the peer-to-peer car-sharing program and is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by the shared car owner under a car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car owner: means the registered owner of a shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Soil: means that part of the upper layer of earth in which plants can grow; this material may or may not contain organic matter and includes such planting media as deteriorated peat, except clean coral, sand, pottery and industrial clay, volcanic cinders and other similar soil-free material. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Stop-sale order: means any written or printed notice or order given or issued by the department restraining the sale of agricultural and vegetable seed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subsidiary: means a corporation, joint venture, partnership, or other company that is controlled by another corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • surplus: includes retained earnings, whether or not transferred or allocated to surplus. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • this State: means the State of Hawaii, its political subdivisions, agencies, and departments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • urban renewal plan: means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan (1) shall conform to the master plan for the county as a whole; or if there is no master plan for the county as a whole, then to the master plan for the urban area as a whole of which the urban renewal project area constitutes a part; and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses; improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 53-52
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • Value added electronic services: means services, including but not limited to:

    (1) Providing periodic, continual, and ongoing access to information maintained by a government agency without requiring separate requests for information as it is created;

    (2) Compiling data or performing other research services;

    (3) Permitting the electronic filing of reports, renewals, or application; or

    (4) Enabling the transaction of business over the internet portal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 27G-1

  • Variety: means a subdivision of a kind characterized by growth, plant, fruit, seed, or other characters by which it can be differentiated from other plants of the same kind. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Vegetable seed: includes the seed of those crops which are grown in gardens and on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetable seed in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Vehicle: means any automobile, truck, tractor and similar equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150A-2
  • Vendor: means any person engaged in selling or offering for sale agricultural or vegetable seed for planting purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Weed seed: includes noxious weed seed and the seed of all plants generally recognized as weeds within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 150-21
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.