Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 88 > Part VIII > ELIGIBILITY; BENEFITS

• Agency: means any executive department, independent commission, board, agency, authority, bureau, office, or other establishment of the state government (except the legislature and the judiciary), or any quasi-public institution which is supported in whole or in part by state funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• 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.
• 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}
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cost categories: means the major types of costs and includes research and development, capital investment, and operating. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• 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 88E-1
• County: means the counties of Honolulu, Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88F-1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Employee: means a person who is eligible to participate in the employees' retirement system of the State of Hawaii as defined in § 88-21. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88E-1
• Employee: means a part-time, temporary, seasonal or casual employee, as defined by rules of the board of trustees, who is not eligible to participate in the employees' retirement system of the State under chapter 88. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88F-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.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• Hypothetical account balance: means :

  (1) For members who became members before July 1, 2012, the sum of:

  (A) One and one-half times the sum of:

  (i) Employee contributions made, either by the member or on behalf of the member, pursuant to § 88-325;

  (ii) Accumulated interest at the regular interest rate on the employee contributions; and

  (B) Any employee contributions, including rollovers and contributions used to convert credited service to class H credited service, or used to purchase service, and accumulated interest on the employee contributions at the regular interest rate; or

  (2) For members who become members after June 30, 2012, the sum of:

  (A) One and one-fifth times the sum of:

  (i) Employee contributions made, either by the member or on behalf of the member, pursuant to § 88-325; and

  (ii) Accumulated interest at the regular interest rate on the employee contributions; and

  (B) Any employee contributions, including rollovers and contributions used to convert credited service to class H credited service, or used to purchase service, and accumulated interest on the employee contributions at the regular interest rate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-311

• Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
• month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
• operating: include personal services, current lease payments, other current expenses, equipment, and motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• Position: means a specific job, whether occupied or vacant, consisting of all duties and responsibilities assigned or delegated by competent authority, requiring the full- or part-time employment of one person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• Position ceiling: means the maximum number of permanent and temporary full-time equivalent positions that an expending agency is authorized for a particular program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• Program: means a combination of resources and activities designed to achieve an objective or objectives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• Program size: means the magnitude of a program, such as the number of persons serviced by the program, the amount of a commodity, the time delays, the volume of service in relation to population or area, etc. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• Program structure: means a display of programs which are grouped in accordance with the objectives to be achieved, or the functions to be performed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
• 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: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88E-1
• State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88F-1
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.