Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 481L - Motor Vehicle Lease Disclosure Act

• Address: means , with respect to prescriptions, the physical location where an individual resides such as:
  (1) Street address, city, and state;
  (2) Tax map key number; or
  (3) The description of a physical location. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Adjusted capitalized cost: means the gross capitalized cost, less the capitalized cost reduction, and is the amount used by the retail lessor in calculating the base periodic payment in the lease agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Advanced practice registered nurse: means an advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority as described in section 457-8. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Capitalized cost reduction: means the total amount of any rebate, cash payment, net trade-in allowance, check, credit card debit, and noncash credit or downpayment that reduces the gross capitalized cost, but does not include any periodic lease payments due at the inception of the lease or all of the periodic lease payments if they are paid at the inception of the lease. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient: means a parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of a qualifying out-of-state patient who is under the age of eighteen years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121
• Clear and conspicuous: means that written disclosures shall be made in a manner that is readable and understandable to the retail lessee and oral disclosures shall be made in a manner that is audible and understandable to the retail lessee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Debilitating medical condition: means :

  (1) Cancer, glaucoma, lupus, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or the treatment of these conditions;

  (2) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:

  (A) Cachexia or wasting syndrome;

  (B) Severe pain;

  (C) Severe nausea;

  (D) Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy;

  (E) Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease; or

  (F) Post-traumatic stress disorder; or

  (3) Any other medical condition approved by the department of health pursuant to administrative rules in response to a request from a physician or advanced practice registered nurse or potentially qualifying patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121

• Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Gross capitalized cost: means the amount agreed upon by the retail lessor and the retail lessee as the value of the motor vehicle and any items that are capitalized or amortized during the lease term, including but not limited to taxes, insurance, service agreements, registration fees, license fees, lease acquisition and administration fees, warranty charges, fees and charges for accessories and for installing accessories, charges for delivery, service and repair, charges for improving the motor vehicle and providing other services incidental to the agreement, the outstanding balance of a prior loan agreement, lease or motor vehicle retail installment contract, and the unpaid portion of the early termination obligation under an outstanding lease agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-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.
• Identification number: means , with respect to a patient:
  (1) The patient's unique valid driver's license number or state identification card number, followed by the abbreviation of the state issuing the driver's license or state identification card, or the patient's military identification number;
  (2) If the patient is a foreign patient, the patient's passport number;
  (3) If the patient does not have a valid driver's license, state identification card, or military identification, the patient's social security number;
  (4) If the patient is less than eighteen years of age and has none of the identification referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), the unique number on the valid driver's license, state identification card, military identification, or passport of the patient's parent or guardian; or
  (5) If the controlled substance is obtained for an animal, the unique number of the animal's owner as described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• 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.
• 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}
• Lease agreement: means a written agreement for the transfer from a retail lessor to a retail lessee of the right to possess and use a motor vehicle in exchange for consideration for a scheduled term exceeding four months, whether or not the retail lessee has the option to purchase or otherwise become the owner of the motor vehicle upon expiration of the agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Lease transaction: means a presentation made to the retail lessee concerning the motor vehicle, including a sales presentation or a document presented to the retail lessee, resulting in the execution of a lease agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Marijuana: means all parts of the plant (genus) Cannabis whether growing or not; the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
• Medical use: means the acquisition, possession, cultivation, use, distribution, or transportation of cannabis or paraphernalia relating to the administration of cannabis to alleviate the symptoms or effects of a qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition; provided that "medical use" does not include the cultivation or distribution of cannabis or paraphernalia by a qualifying out-of-state patient or the caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121
• Motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle as defined in § 286-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-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 individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Physician: means a person who is licensed to practice under chapter 453 and is licensed with authority to prescribe drugs and is registered under § 329-32. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121
• Physician-patient relationship: means the collaborative relationship between physicians and their patients. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Primary caregiver: means a person eighteen years of age or older, other than the qualifying patient and the qualifying patient's physician or advanced practice registered nurse, who has agreed to undertake responsibility for managing the well-being of the qualifying patient with respect to the medical use of cannabis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121
• Qualifying patient: means a person who has been diagnosed by a physician or advanced practice registered nurse as having a debilitating medical condition. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121
• Retail lessee: means an individual who executes a lease agreement for a motor vehicle from a retail lessor primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Retail lessor: means a person who regularly engages in the business of selling or leasing motor vehicles and who offers or arranges a lease agreement for a motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• 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.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Truth in Lending Act: The Truth in Lending Act is a federal law that requires lenders to provide standardized information so that borrowers can compare loan terms. In general, lenders must provide information on ^{Source: OCC}
• Worksheet: means the primary document or documents used by the retail lessor to derive the monthly lease payment for a specific lease transaction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481L-1
• Written certification: means the qualifying patient's medical records or a statement signed by a qualifying patient's physician or advanced practice registered nurse, stating that in the physician's or advanced practice registered nurse's professional opinion, the qualifying patient has a debilitating medical condition and the potential benefits of the medical use of cannabis would likely outweigh the health risks for the qualifying patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-121