Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 167-18

  • Acreage assessments: means any levy imposed pursuant to this chapter on the agricultural and pasture land within an irrigation project and any amount charged to the State or to the Hawaiian homes commission for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, or maintaining irrigation facilities for an irrigation project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 167-2
  • 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
  • Board: means the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 167-2
  • irrigation project: means an area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under this chapter within which water is supplied to the State or the Hawaiian homes commission for the development and opening of lands for farming or to land occupiers engaged in farming. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 167-2
  • Water tolls: means any charges established by the board for irrigation water supplied by it to the State, the Hawaiian homes commission, and land occupiers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 167-2

Funds for acquisition or construction of irrigation facilities for each project, established by the board of agriculture under sections 167-13, irrigation project, community pastures” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>167-14, 167-15, and 167-17, may be requested from the legislature, as an appropriation to be repaid without interest to the general funds of the State by the board from water tolls, acreage assessments, and other receipts of the board within such period as may be specified in the act making the appropriation.