Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-5

  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2
  • Legal material: means , whether or not in effect:

    (1) The Constitution of the State of Hawaii;

    (2) The Session Laws of Hawaii;

    (3) The Hawaii Revised Statutes;

    (4) A state agency rule that has or had the effect of law;

    (5) Reported decisions of the following state courts: the supreme court of the State of Hawaii and the intermediate appellate court of the State of Hawaii; or

    (6) State court rules. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2

  • Official publisher: means :

    (1) For the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, the revisor of statutes;

    (2) For the Session Laws of Hawaii, the revisor of statutes;

    (3) For the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the revisor of statutes;

    (4) For any administrative agency rules, the office of the governor;

    (5) For a state court decision included under paragraph (5) of the definition of "legal material" the supreme court; or

    (6) For state court rules, the supreme court. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 98-2

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under § 98-4 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user from the publisher is unaltered from the official record published by the publisher.