Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-61

  • Agency: means any agency, board, commission, department, or officer of a county government or the state government, including the authority as defined in part II. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • 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.
  • Marine: means ocean and ocean-related resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-61
  • Plan: means the Hawaii ocean resources management plan, created and approved by the Hawaii ocean and marine resources council, as amended by the lead agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-61

As used in this part:

“Exclusive economic zone” or “EEZ” means that area set forth in the Presidential Proclamation 5030 issued on March 10, 1983, whereby the United States proclaimed jurisdiction from the seaward boundary of the State out to two hundred nautical miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

“Marine” means ocean and ocean-related resources.

“Plan” means the Hawaii ocean resources management plan, created and approved by the Hawaii ocean and marine resources council, as amended by the lead agency.