Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-74.1

  • 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.

Subject to sections 67-8 and 46-74.2, any land exempted by law from payment of property taxes which land is owned by a society, association, or corporation engaged in religious, charitable, educational, scientific, literary, or other benevolent purposes, whose charter or other enabling act contains a provision that, in the event of dissolution, the land owned by such society, association, or corporation shall be distributed to another society, association, or corporation engaged in religious, charitable, educational, scientific, literary, or other benevolent purposes shall be exempt from assessments to pay for the cost of any improvements included in any improvement district.