Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-7

• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Lobbyist: means any individual who:

  (1) Receives or expects to receive, either by employment or contract, $1,000 or more in monetary or in-kind compensation in any calendar year for engaging in lobbying, either personally or through the lobbyist's agents; or

  (2) For pay or other consideration, on behalf of another person:

  (A) Engages in lobbying in excess of five hours in any month of any reporting period described in section 97-3;

  (B) Engages in lobbying in excess of ten hours during any calendar year; or

  (C) Makes expenditures of $1,000 or more of the person's or any other person's money lobbying during any reporting period described in section 97-3;

  provided that an employee of a nonprofit organization who spends fewer than ten hours in any month lobbying on a grant application submitted pursuant to chapter 42F is not a lobbyist if the employee does not engage in lobbying on matters that are unrelated to the grant application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-1

• Person: means a corporation, individual, union, association, firm, sole proprietorship, partnership, committee, club, or any other organization or a representative of a group of persons acting in concert. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 97-1
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.