Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 489M - International Trade Agreements

• 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.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1
• Excessive noise: means the presence of sound as measured by standard testing devices as established by the noise rules adopted by the department of a volume or in quantities and for durations which endangers human health, welfare or safety, animal life, or property or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property in the State or in such areas of the State as are affected thereby. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1
• International trade agreement: means a trade agreement or memorandum of agreement between the United States government and a foreign nation, whether bilateral, multilateral, global, or regional, to which the State, at the request of the United States government, is a covered procuring entity; provided the term shall not include a trade agreement or memoranda of agreement:

  (1) Between the State and a foreign nation or its sub-national entity to which the United States government is not a party; or

  (2) Between a county and a foreign nation or its sub-national entity to which the United States government is not a party. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 489M-1

• Permit: means written authorization from the director to construct, modify, or operate any excessive noise source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1
• Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, federal agency, the State or any of its political subdivisions, trust, estate, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1
• Pollution: means excessive noise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1
• Procurement: means any provision of chapter 103D. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 489M-1
• Variance: means special written authorization from the director to cause or emit excessive noise in a manner or in an amount in excess of applicable standards, or to do an act that deviates from the requirements of rules adopted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342F-1