Sections
Part I Regulation of Dealers 145-1 – 145-15
Part II Ownership and Movement of Agricultural Commodities 145-21 – 145-28
Part III Produce Safety–Repealed 145-31

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 145 - Regulation of Farm Produce

  • ABLE savings account: means an individual savings account established in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Account owner: means the person who enters into a savings agreement pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Acreage assessments: means any levy imposed pursuant to this chapter on the land within a project and any amount charged to the State or to the Hawaiian homes commission for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, or maintaining land or water facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Aeronautics: means the science and art of flight, including but not limited to transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, extension, operation, improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, or other air navigation facilities; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, shall have the same meaning as is set forth in § 1(b)(1) of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Air navigation facility: means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, light, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other instrumentalities, or devices used or useful as an aid, or constituting an advantage or convenience, to the safe taking-off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or the safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport, and any combination of any or all of such facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Airman: means any individual who engages, as the person in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, in the navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is directly in charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling, or repair of aircraft engines, airframes, propellers, or appliances; and any individual who serves in the capacity of aircraft dispatcher, or air-traffic control-tower operator; but does not include any individual employed outside the United States, and its territories and possessions, or any individual employed by a manufacturer of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, or appliances to perform duties as inspector or mechanic in connection therewith, or any individual performing inspection or mechanical duties in connection with aircraft owned or operated by the individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, including approaches, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Authorized shares: means the shares of all classes a domestic corporation is authorized to issue. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Ballot: includes :

         (1)  A ballot summary reflecting a complete record of the ballot selections made by a voter utilizing an HTML ballot or similar accessible ballot that produces a ballot summary;

         (2)  A voter verifiable paper audit trail in the event there is a discrepancy between a voting machine's electronic record of the voted ballot and the voter verifiable paper audit trail; and

         (3)  A ballot used in an election by mail pursuant to part VIIA, including a ballot approved for electronic transmission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

  • Bank: means any bank as defined in: § 2(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Bank supervisory agency: means :

         (1)  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any successor to these agencies;

         (2)  Any agency of another state with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks; and

         (3)  Any agency of a country (including any colonies, dependencies, possessions, or political subdivisions thereof) other than the United States with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
  • Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Branch: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, has the same meaning as is set forth in § 1(b)(3) of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Capital: means :

         (1)  The aggregate par value or other amount received and allocated to the issued and outstanding capital stock of a financial institution; or

         (2)  The total amount of a credit union's outstanding and unimpaired membership shares or share accounts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Capital stock: means the units of interest, whether or not having a par value, common or preferred, legally issued by a financial institution or other corporation, which represents a fractional ownership interest in the institution or corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Circuit court: means the court established in each of the judicial circuits of this State pursuant to chapter 603 and which has jurisdiction under § 412:1-108 over a matter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Compensation: means all benefits accorded by this chapter to an employee or the employee's dependents on account of a work injury as defined in this section; it includes medical and rehabilitation benefits, income and indemnity benefits in cases of disability or death, and the allowance for funeral and burial expenses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conservation district: means those lands within the various counties of the State bounded by the conservation district line, as established under provisions of Act 187, Session Laws of Hawaii 1961, and Act 205, Session Laws of Hawaii 1963, or future amendments thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Conservator: means a person appointed by the commissioner to take possession and control of a Hawaii financial institution for a temporary period in order to preserve and protect the assets of the institution for the benefit of its depositors, beneficiaries, creditors, and shareholders or members. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Contingent beneficiary: Receiver of property or benefits if the first named beneficiary fails to receive any or all of the property or benefits in question before his (her) death.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contributions: means the amounts of money authorized by this chapter to be withheld from employees' wages for the payment of temporary disability benefits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Control: shall be construed consistently with the provisions of § 2(a)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Criminal history record check: means an examination of an individual's criminal history records by means including, but not limited to, fingerprint analysis and name inquiry into state and national criminal history record files. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Criminal history record information: means criminal history information received from state and national criminal history record checks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Depository institution: means any institution that is included for any purpose within the definitions of "insured depository institution" as set forth in § 3(c)(2) and (3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • deposits: means money or its equivalent received or held by a person in the usual course of business and for which it has given or is obligated to give credit, either conditionally or unconditionally, to a demand, checking, savings, time, passbook, negotiable order of withdrawal, thrift, or share account, or which is evidenced by its passbook, certificate of deposit, thrift certificate, investment certificate, certificate of indebtedness, or other similar instrument, or a check, draft, or share draft drawn against a deposit account and certified by a person, on which the person is primarily liable. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Designated beneficiary: means a resident of the State whose qualified disability expenses may be paid from the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Director: means the director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Director: means the director of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Director: means any member of the board of directors of a financial institution, whether or not receiving compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Director: means a member of the governing body of a district. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 180-1
  • Disability: means total inability of an employee to perform the duties of the employee's employment caused by sickness, pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, organ donation, or accident other than a work injury as defined in § 386 3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distribution: means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property (except its own shares) or incurrence of indebtedness by a corporation to or for the benefit of its shareholders in respect of any of its shares. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Division: means the division of financial institutions of the department of commerce and consumer affairs of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Due notice: means notice given during a ten-day period by publication or if no means of publication is available by posting at a reasonable number of conspicuous places within the affected area. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 180-1
  • Electronic transmission: means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Eligible educational institution: means :

         (1)  An institution described in sections 481(a)(1) or 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

  • Eligible individual: means an individual who is entitled to benefits based on blindness or disability under title 42 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • employed: means service, including service in interstate commerce, performed for wages under any contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied, with an employer, except as otherwise provided in §§ 392-4 and 392-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Employee: means any individual in the employment of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Employee: includes an officer but not a director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Employer: means any individual or type of organization, including the State, any of its political subdivisions, any instrumentality of the State or its political subdivisions, any partnership, association, trust, estate, joint stock company, insurance company, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or receiver or trustee in bankruptcy, or the legal representative of a deceased person, who has one or more individuals in employment during any day or portion of a day. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Employment: means any service performed by an individual for another person under any contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully entered into. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Entity: includes domestic and foreign corporations, domestic professional corporations, domestic and foreign limited liability companies, domestic and foreign nonprofit corporations, domestic and foreign business trusts, estates, domestic and foreign partnerships, domestic and foreign limited partnerships, domestic and foreign limited liability partnerships, trusts, two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, associations and cooperative associations, and state, federal, and foreign governments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Federal: means belonging to, part of, or related to the government of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal agency: means an agency of a foreign bank that is licensed by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to § 4 of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Federal branch: means a branch of a foreign bank that is licensed by the Comptroller of the Currency pursuant to § 4 of the federal International Banking Act (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Act: means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A government corporation that insures the deposits of all national and state banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Source: OCC
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary organization: means an organization that serves as an intermediary between an individual account holder and the financial institution holding the individual's individual development account funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business pursuant to chapter 412, or under federal laws relating to financial institutions, and includes a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association, and credit union. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Financial organization: means an organization authorized to do business in the State that is:

         (1)  Licensed or chartered by the insurance commissioner;

         (2)  Licensed or chartered by the commissioner of financial institutions;

         (3)  Chartered by an agency of the federal government; or

         (4)  Subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1

  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Foreign bank: means any company organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, that engages directly in the business of banking. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hawaii bank: means a Hawaii state bank or a Hawaii national bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii representative office: means a representative office that is located in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii state agency: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, means an agency of a foreign bank that is located in this State and licensed pursuant to this chapter, part II, of this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii state bank: means a bank organized under the laws of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaii state branch: when used in reference to an office of a foreign bank, means a branch of a foreign bank that is located in this State and licensed pursuant to this chapter, part II, of this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Hawaiian fishponds: means the unique, traditional system and methodology of aquaculture practiced by the aboriginal people of Hawaii, and found nowhere else in the world. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183B-1
  • Household: means adults related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or who are unrelated but have maintained a stable family relationship together over a period of time, and individuals under eighteen years of age related to the above adults by marriage, blood, or adoption, who are living together. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Individual development account: means an optional, interest bearing, subsidized, tax-benefitted account used exclusively for the purpose of paying the qualified expenditure of an eligible individual as determined by the fiduciary organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insolvency: means , with respect to a financial institution, that the value of its assets is insufficient to pay its depositors and its creditors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Interstate branch: means a branch of a bank or a branch of a foreign bank, as the context may require, which is established after September 29, 1994, pursuant to the authority contained in the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act, outside the home state of the bank or foreign bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Kuleana: means those lands granted to native tenants pursuant to L. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Land: means all real property, fast or submerged, and all interests therein, including fauna, flora, minerals, and all such natural resources, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Land occupier: means the owner or in the case of leased land, the lessee of lands lying within a project organized or to be organized under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Land use: means :

         (1)  The placement or erection of any solid material on land;

         (2)  The grading, removing, harvesting, dredging, mining, or extraction of any material or natural resource on land;

         (3)  The subdivision of land; or

         (4)  The construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of any structure, building, or facility on land. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2

  • Landowner: means an owner of land or any estate or interest in that land. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 183C-2
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Management contract: means the contract executed by the director of finance and a financial organization selected to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Municipal: means pertaining to a municipality as herein defined. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Municipality: means any county or other political subdivision or public corporation of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Operator: means an individual, firm, or corporation engaged in strip mining operations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
  • Out-of-state bank: means a bank, the home state of which is a state other than Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Out-of-state foreign bank: means a foreign bank, the home state of which is a state other than Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Person: means a natural person, entity or organization, including without limitation an individual, corporation, joint venture, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, cooperative, estate, trust, or governmental unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Person: includes individual and entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Person: means an individual, group, partnership, firm, association, corporation, trust, governmental agency, governmental official, administrative body, or tribunal or any form of business or legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 46-122
  • Personal injury: includes death resulting therefrom. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Pit: means a tract of land of which the surface soil has been removed or is being removed or is proposed to be removed for mining. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Police officer: means a police officer and any other state or county officer charged with the enforcement of state laws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 261-1
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Precinct: means the smallest political subdivision established by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Principal office: means the office (in or out of this State) so designated in the annual report where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Principal shareholder: means a person other than a financial institution, that, directly or indirectly, or acting through or in concert with another, owns, controls, or has the power to vote more than ten per cent of any class of voting securities of a financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Program: means the Hawaii ABLE savings program established under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Program manager: means a financial organization selected by the director of finance to act as a depository and manager of the program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Project: means an area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under this chapter within which water is supplied to the State or the Hawaiian homes commission for the development and opening of lands or to land occupiers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Qualified acquisition costs: means the costs of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing a residence and shall include any usual or reasonable settlement, financing, or other closing costs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Qualified business: means any business that does not contravene any law or public policy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1
  • Qualified disability expense: means any qualified disability expense included in § 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Qualified expenditures: means an expense as determined by a fiduciary organization, which may include but not be limited to:

         (1)  Costs associated with first homeownership;

         (2)  Post-secondary education;

         (3)  Vocational training; and

         (4)  Small or micro-business capitalization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

  • Qualified plan: means a business plan or a plan to use a business asset purchased, that:

         (1)  Is approved by a financial institution, a micro-enterprise development organization, or a nonprofit loan fund having demonstrated fiduciary integrity;

         (2)  Includes a description of services or goods to be sold, a marketing plan, and projected financial statements; and

         (3)  May require the eligible individual to obtain the assistance of an experienced entrepreneurial advisor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 257-1

  • Qualified withdrawal: means a withdrawal from an account to pay the qualified disability expenses of the designated beneficiary of the account. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Receiver: means a person appointed by the commissioner to take possession and control of a Hawaii financial institution for the purpose of liquidating and winding up the affairs of the institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Record date: means the date established under part [VII or VIII] of this chapter on which a corporation determines the identity of its shareholders and their shareholdings for purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Related interest: means (1) a company that is controlled by a person or (2) a political or campaign committee that is controlled by a person or the funds or services of which will benefit a person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Right of rescission: Right to cancel, within three business days, a contract that uses the home of a person as collateral, except in the case of a first mortgage loan. There is no fee to the borrower, who receives a full refund of all fees paid. The right of rescission is guaranteed by the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Source: OCC
  • Rollover distribution: means a rollover distribution as defined in § 529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Savings agreement: means an agreement between the program manager or the director of finance and the account owner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 256B-1
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under § 414-231(c) for preparation and custody of the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and of the shareholders and for authenticating records of the corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • soil and water conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 180-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Strip mining: means mining of mineral by uncovering therefrom the surface soil above mineral deposits and mining directly from the mineral exposed for the purpose of carrying on a business of mining or selling mineral removed by the process. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 181-1
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subscriber: means a person who subscribes for shares in a corporation, whether before or after incorporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Subsidiary: means a corporation, joint venture, partnership, or other company that is controlled by another corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • surplus: includes retained earnings, whether or not transferred or allocated to surplus. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • this State: means the State of Hawaii, its political subdivisions, agencies, and departments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • United States: when used in a geographical sense, means the several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the American Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory of the United States; and, when used in a political sense, means the federal government of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:13-102
  • Voting group: means all shares of one or more classes or series that under the articles of incorporation or this chapter are entitled to vote and be counted together collectively on a matter at a meeting of shareholders. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Wages: means all remuneration for services constituting employment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 386-1
  • Wages: means all remuneration for services from whatever source, including commissions, bonuses, tips or gratuities received in the course of employment from others than the employer to the extent that they are customary and expected in that type of employment and reported to the employer for payroll tax deduction purposes, and the cash value of all remuneration in any medium other than cash. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 392-3
  • Water tolls: means any charges established by the board for water supplied by it to the State, the Hawaiian homes commission, and land occupiers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 174-2