Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 256B - Hawaii Able Savings Program

• ABLE savings account: means an individual savings account established in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Account owner: means the person who enters into a savings agreement pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• 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.
• Applicant: means the person for whose use and benefit application for services or public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• 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}
• Chief of police: means the chief of police of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, or the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Concealed: means , in relation to a firearm, that the firearm is entirely hidden from view of the public and not discernible by ordinary observation, in a manner that a reasonable person without law enforcement training would be unable to detect the presence of the firearm. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Designated beneficiary: means a resident of the State whose qualified disability expenses may be paid from the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Director: means the director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Director: means the director of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Eligible individual: means an individual who is entitled to benefits based on blindness or disability under title 42 United States Code § 401 et seq. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-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 organization: means an organization authorized to do business in the State that is:

  (1) Licensed or chartered by the insurance commissioner;

  (2) Licensed or chartered by the commissioner of financial institutions;

  (3) Chartered by an agency of the federal government; or

  (4) Subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1

• Firearm: means any weapon, for which the operating force is an explosive, including but not limited to pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, automatic firearms, noxious gas projectors, mortars, bombs, and cannon. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 134-1
• 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.
• Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
• 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.
• 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.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Management contract: means the contract executed by the director of finance and a financial organization selected to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-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.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Program: means the Hawaii ABLE savings program established under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Program manager: means a financial organization selected by the director of finance to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Provider: means any person or public or private institution, agency or business concern authorized by the department to provide health care, service or supplies to beneficiaries of medical assistance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Qualified disability expense: means any qualified disability expense included in section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Qualified withdrawal: means a withdrawal from an account to pay the qualified disability expenses of the designated beneficiary of the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Recipient: means the person for whose use and benefit services are rendered or a grant of public assistance is made. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346-1
• Rollover distribution: means a rollover distribution as defined in section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Savings agreement: means an agreement between the program manager or the director of finance and the account owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.