Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-56

  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, and other instruments of indebtedness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means any state department, board, commission, officer, authority, or agency (other than a "municipality" defined by § 49-1 ) which is charged by law with the administration of an undertaking or loan program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
  • Department head: means any officer having charge of a department for which there is no governing body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
  • Governing body: means any board, commission, agency, authority, public corporation, instrumentality, or other body consisting of more than one person, having charge of a department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Revenue: means the moneys collected, including any moneys collected from the State or any department, or any county or board, agency, or instrumentality thereof, from the rates, rentals, fees, and charges prescribed for the use and services of, and the facilities and commodities furnished by, an undertaking or the use and services and benefits of a loan program; provided that the term shall include all insurance premium payments, assessments, surcharges, investment earnings, and all other income of the Hawaii hurricane relief fund. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51
  • Revenue bonds: means all bonds payable solely from and secured by the revenue, or user taxes, or any combination of both, of an undertaking or loan program or any loan made thereunder for which bonds are issued and as otherwise provided in this part; provided that the term shall include all bonds issued by the director of finance under the authority of section 10(a), Act 339, Session Laws of Hawaii 1993, as amended, for the purposes of the hurricane bond loan fund. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39-51

Revenue bonds issued pursuant to this part shall be in such form as the department head or governing body may determine; shall be lithographed or engraved; shall be manually signed by the department head or a deputy department head designated by the department head; shall be sealed with the seal or a lithographed or engraved facsimile of the seal of the department; and shall be countersigned with a lithographed or engraved facsimile of the signature of the director of finance. In addition, fully registered revenue bonds may be authenticated with the manual signature of the registrar, if any, thereunto duly appointed by the director of finance. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the department head or a deputy department head designated by the department head, with the approval of the governor, may provide that revenue bonds issued pursuant to this part may be typewritten, printed, or otherwise reproduced, and that the signature of the director of finance upon the revenue bonds may be the director of finance’s manual signature. The coupons pertaining to the revenue bonds shall be executed with the lithographed or engraved facsimile signatures of the department head and the director of finance. In the case of a department having a governing body, for purposes of this section, the member who is the presiding officer or, if authorized by the governing body, the executive director or other officer of the board, commission, agency, authority or public corporation, instrumentality, or other body shall be deemed the department head. Pending the preparation of the definitive revenue bonds, interim receipts or certificates in such form and with such provisions as the department head or governing body may decide upon, may be issued to the purchaser or purchasers of revenue bonds sold pursuant to this part.