The records of the deposit beverage distributor, dealer, redemption center, and recycling facility shall be made available, upon request, for inspection by the department, a duly authorized agent of the department, or the auditor. Any proprietary information obtained by them shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to any other person, except:

(1) As may be reasonably required in an administrative or judicial proceeding to enforce any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter; or

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-121

  • Auditor: means the office of the auditor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Dealer: means a person who engages in the sale of beverages in deposit beverage containers to a consumer for off-premises consumption in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Deposit beverage: means beer, ale, or other drink produced by fermenting malt, mixed spirits, mixed wine, tea and coffee drinks regardless of dairy-derived product content, soda, or noncarbonated water, and all nonalcoholic drinks in liquid form and intended for internal human consumption that is contained in a deposit beverage container. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
  • Person: means 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 342G-101
  • Recycling: means the collection, separation, recovery, and sale or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be disposed of as municipal solid waste, and is an integral part of a manufacturing process aimed at producing a marketable product made of postconsumer material. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-1
  • Redemption center: means an operation which accepts from consumers and provides the refund value for empty deposit beverage containers intended to be recycled and ensures that the empty deposit beverage containers are properly recycled. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 342G-101
(2) Under an order issued by a court or administrative agency hearings officer.