Part I General Provisions 149A-1 – 149A-4
Part II Pesticide Licensing and Sale 149A-11 – 149A-23
Part IIA Pesticide Reporting and Regulation Program 149A-25 – 149A-29
Part III Pesticide Use 149A-31 – 149A-37
Part IV Violations, Warning Notice, and Penalties 149A-41
Part V Advisory Committee 149A-51 – 149A-53

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 149A - Hawaii Pesticides Law

  • Active ingredient: means :

    (1) In the case of a pesticide other than a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate any pest;

    (2) In the case of a plant regulator, an ingredient which, through physiological action, will accelerate or retard the rate of growth or maturation or otherwise alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the produce thereof;

    (3) In the case of a defoliant, an ingredient which will cause the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant; and

    (4) In the case of a desiccant, an ingredient which will artificially accelerate the drying of plant tissues. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Adulterated: means any pesticide if its strength or purity falls below the professed standard of quality as expressed on its labeling under which it is sold, or if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in part abstracted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Agency: means the judiciary, any executive department, independent commission, board, authority, bureau, office, other establishment of the State (except the legislature and its agencies), or public corporation that is supported in whole or in part by state funds, or any agent thereof, authorized by law to expend available moneys; provided that the Hawaii health systems corporation and its regional system boards shall not be governed by this chapter for any financing agreement unless it elects to be. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Animal: means all vertebrate and invertebrate species, including but not limited to humans and other mammals, birds, fish, and shellfish. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Annual state ceiling: means the principal amount of private activity bonds which may be issued in each calendar year by all issuers and counties in the State under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39B-1
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriate federal regulatory agency: means , with respect to a financial institution or financial institution holding company, any one or more regulatory agencies of the federal government referred to in the following sentence which either (1) insures the deposits of the financial institution or financial institution holding company, or (2) has the power and duty to conduct periodic general examinations of the affairs of the financial institution or financial institution holding company by virtue of the legal characterization of the financial institution or financial institution holding company under federal law, and not by virtue of the fact of affiliation of the financial institution or financial institution holding company with any other person or an alleged violation of a specific law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney general: means the attorney general of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • Average base pay: means the total base pay included in a member's average final compensation, divided by the number of years used to determine average final compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
  • Base pay: means the normal periodic payments of money for service, the right to which accrues on a regular basis in proportion to the service performed; recurring differentials; and elective salary reduction contributions under sections 125, 403(b), and 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • 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 board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Board: means the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund described in § 87A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
  • Bond: means any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness or lease with separately stated principal and interest components or certificates of participation therein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39C-1
  • 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
  • Car-sharing delivery period: means the period of time during which a shared car is being delivered to the location of the car-sharing start time, if applicable, as documented by the governing car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing period: means the period of time that commences with the car-sharing delivery period or, if there is no delivery period, that commences with the car-sharing start time and, in either case, ends at the car-sharing termination time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing program agreement: means the terms and conditions applicable to a shared car owner, a shared car driver, and a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, if applicable, that govern the use of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing start time: means the time the shared car driver obtains operation, use, or control of a shared car through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Car-sharing termination time: means the latest of the following events:

    (1) The expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared car according to the terms of the car-sharing program agreement if the shared car is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement;
    (2) When the shared car is returned to a location as alternatively agreed upon by the shared car owner and shared car driver as communicated through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program;
    (3) When a shared car is returned to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement or alternatively agreed upon by the shared car owner and the shared car driver, as communicated through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program, before the expiration of the period of time established for the use of a shared car according to the terms of the car-sharing program agreement, and the shared car driver notifies the peer-to-peer car-sharing program of the location of the shared car;
    (4) When a shared car, during the car-sharing period, cannot safely or legally be operated and the shared car driver notifies the peer-to-peer car-sharing program that the shared car is inoperable and identifies the location of the shared car;
    (5) When the shared car driver receives notice of a safety recall affecting the shared car and the shared car driver returns the shared car to the location agreed upon in the car-sharing program agreement, or alternatively agreed upon by the shared car owner and the shared car driver, and the shared car driver notifies the peer-to-peer car-sharing program of the location of the shared car; or
    (6) When the shared car owner or the shared car owner's authorized designee takes possession and control of the shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Certified pesticide applicator: means any individual who is certified under section 149A-33(1) as authorized to use or supervise the use of any pesticide which is classified for restricted use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Chairperson: means chairperson of the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-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
  • Commercial pesticide applicator: means any certified pesticide applicator, whether or not the applicator is a private pesticide applicator with respect to some uses, who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide which is classified for restricted use for any purpose or on any property other than as provided by section 149A-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Company: means any corporation, partnership, trust (business or otherwise), association, joint venture, pool syndicate, unincorporated organization, or any form of business entity not specifically listed herein and, unless specifically excluded, a financial institution; provided that "company" does not mean any trust existing on July 1, 1993, which under its terms must terminate within twenty-five years, or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of individuals living on the effective date of the trust. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Comparison period: means those years in the ten years of credited service prior to termination of service that are not included in the period for determining a member's average final compensation or, if the member has less than ten years of credited service prior to termination of service, the years of the member's credited service that are not included in the determination of the member's average final compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
  • Comparison period average base pay: means the total base pay for the comparison period divided by the number of years in the comparison period. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
  • Comparison period average non-base pay: means the total non-base pay for the comparison period divided by the number of years in the comparison period. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
  • compensation: as used in this part means:
    (A) Normal periodic payments of money for service the right to which accrues on a regular basis in proportion to the service performed;
    (B) Overtime, differentials, and supplementary payments;
    (C) Bonuses and lump sum salary supplements;
    (D) Elective salary reduction contributions under sections 125, 403(b), and 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
    (E) Retroactive payments of those purposes and nature authorized in subparagraphs (A) through (D), and certified as compensation pursuant to section 88-64;
    (2) Bonuses and lump sum salary supplements shall be deemed earned when payable; provided that bonuses or lump sum salary supplements in excess of one-twelfth of compensation for the twelve months before the month in which the bonus or lump sum salary supplement is payable, exclusive of overtime, bonuses, and lump sum salary supplements, shall be deemed earned:
    (A) During the period agreed-upon by the employer and employee, but in any event over a period of no less than twelvemonths; or
    (B) In the absence of an agreement between the employer and the employee, over the twelvemonths before the date on which the bonus or lump sum salary supplement is payable; and
    (3) Retroactive payments shall be deemed earned when it would have been earned, as determined by the system pursuant to section 88-64. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21.5
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Comptroller: means the comptroller of the State as designated in § 26-6. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contribution: means money payments made to the fund by the State, the counties, an employee-beneficiary, or a qualified-beneficiary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
  • Control: means , unless the context clearly requires otherwise, directly or indirectly, solely or through another person or transaction, or in concert with another:

    (1) Owning or having the power to vote twenty-five per cent or more of any class of voting securities;

    (2) Owning or having the power to exercise twenty-five per cent or more of the votes of a mutual association, credit union, or other entity whose voting rights are not determined by voting securities;

    (3) Owning or having the power to vote ten per cent or more of any class of voting securities if:

    (A) the issuer of that class of securities has issued any class of securities under section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or

    (B) immediately after the acquisition, no other person will own a greater percentage of that class of voting securities;

    (4) Having the power to elect by any means a majority of the directors; or

    (5) Having the power to exercise a dominant influence over management, if so determined by the commissioner after notice and a hearing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defoliant: means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, causing or without causing abscission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Department: means the department of budget and finance of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Department: means the department of budget and finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39B-1
  • Department: means the department of budget and finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39C-1
  • Department: means the department of accounting and general services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • Department: means department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279J-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • Desiccant: means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Device: means any instrument or contrivance, other than a firearm, which is intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any form of plant or animal life (other than humans and other than bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms on or living in humans or other animals); but not including equipment used for application of pesticides when sold separately therefrom. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Digital network: means any online-enabled technology application service, website, or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables prearranged rides with transportation network company drivers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279J-1
  • Director: means the director of finance of the State or any duly designated deputy director of finance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-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 the director of transportation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279J-1
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • 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
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Environment: includes water, air, land, and all plants and humans and other animals living therein, and the interrelationships which exist among these. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • EPA: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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.
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
  • 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 financial institution: means a national banking association, federal savings bank, federal savings and loan association or federal credit union. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Home Loan Bank: means a federal home loan bank created and organized under the authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Reserve Bank: means a federal reserve bank created and organized under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Reserve Board: means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System created and described in the Federal Reserve Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • FIFRA: means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Financial institution: means any organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions, including without limitation banks, savings banks, savings and loan companies or associations, financial services loan companies, and credit unions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Financial institution: means a Hawaii financial institution, and unless the context indicates otherwise, a federal financial institution or foreign financial institution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Financial institution holding company: means a holding company which controls a Hawaii financial institution or which controls another financial institution holding company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Financing agreement: means any lease purchase agreement, installment sale agreement, loan agreement, line of credit, or other agreement of the department or, with the approval of the director, and any agency, to finance the improvement, use, or acquisition of real or personal property that is or will be owned or operated by one or more agencies of the State, the department, or any agency, or to refinance previously executed financing agreements including certificates of participation relating thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fund: means the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund established in section 87A-30. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body: means the councils of the counties, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39B-1
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Grant: means an award of state funds by the legislature, by an appropriation to a specified recipient, to support the activities of the recipient and permit the community to benefit from those activities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 42F-101
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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 financial institution: means :

    (1) A corporation or credit union that holds a charter or license under this chapter or under prior Hawaii law, authorizing it to accept deposits, to make loans in excess of the rates permitted in chapter 478, or to engage in the business of a trust company; or

    (2) A resulting bank as defined in article 12,

    and includes a corporation or credit union existing and chartered as a Hawaii financial institution or licensed to transact business in this State on July 1, 1993. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Holding company: means any company which controls another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Imminent hazard: means a situation which exists when the continued use of a pesticide during the time required for a cancellation proceeding would likely result in unreasonable adverse effects on the environment or will involve unreasonable hazard to the survival of a species declared endangered by the Secretary of the Interior under the Endangered Species Act. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • In concert with another: means

    (1) knowing participation in a joint activity or interdependent conscious parallel action towards a common goal whether or not pursuant to an express agreement; or

    (2) a combination or pooling of voting or other interests in the securities of an issuer for a common purpose pursuant to any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement, or other arrangement, whether written or otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109

  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Informal resolution: means the process of investigating a claim and negotiating the resolution of the claim. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • Ingredient statement: means :

    (1) A statement of the name and percentage of each active ingredient, together with the total percentage of the inert ingredients, in the pesticide; and

    (2) In case the pesticide contains arsenic in any form, a statement of the percentages of total and water soluble arsenic, each calculated as elemental arsenic. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insect: means invertebrate animals belonging to the class insecta, including beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and other allied classes of arthropods, including spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Integrated pest management: means a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Issuer: means any state department, board, commission, officer, or authority, or private not-for-profit corporation authorized under the laws of the State to issue private activity bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39B-1
  • Issuer: means any state or county department, board, commission, authority or officer, or not-for-profit corporation authorized to issue bonds under the laws of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39C-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Label: means the written, printed, or graphic matter on or attached to the pesticide or device or any of its containers or wrappers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying the pesticide or device at any time or to which reference is made on the label or in literature accompanying the pesticide or device, except to current official publications of the EPA, the United States Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, state experiment stations, state agriculture colleges, or other similar federal or state institutions or agencies authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Law enforcement investigations staff investigators: means those employees in the investigations staff office of the department of law enforcement who have been conferred police powers by the director of law enforcement in accordance with § 353C-4 and are in the positions of investigator I to VII. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • License: means the process of being allowed to register a pesticide product pursuant to provisions of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Licensee: means a person who has been licensed to register a product pursuant to provisions of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Line of credit: means an account at a financial institution under which the financial institution agrees to lend money to the department or to an agency, with the approval of the director and the agency, from time to time to finance one or more projects that are authorized by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Loans and extensions of credit: includes a contractual commitment to advance funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Misbranded: includes any of the following:

    (1) The labeling of the pesticide or device bears any statement, design, or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients or functions which is false or misleading in any particular;

    (2) The pesticide is contained in a package or other container or wrapping which does not conform to the standards established by federal law;

    (3) The pesticide is an imitation or is offered for sale under the name of another pesticide;

    (4) The label does not bear the federal registration number assigned to each establishment in which it was produced;

    (5) Any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of the federal law to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or graphic matter in the labeling) and in terms to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;

    (6) The labeling accompanying the pesticide does not contain directions for use which are necessary for effecting the purpose for which the product is intended and if complied with, together with any requirements imposed under FIFRA are adequate to protect health and the environment;

    (7) The label does not contain a warning or caution statement which may be necessary and if complied with, together with any requirements imposed under federal law, is adequate to protect health and the environment;

    (8) The label does not bear an ingredient statement on that part of the immediate container (and on the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there be one, through which the ingredient statement on the immediate container cannot be clearly read) which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase, except that a pesticide is not misbranded under this section if:

    (A) The size or form of the immediate container, or the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, makes it impracticable to place the ingredient statement on the part which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase; and

    (B) The ingredient statement appears prominently on another part of the immediate container, or outside container or wrapper, permitted by the department;

    (9) The labeling does not contain a statement of the use classification under which the product is registered;

    (10) There is not affixed to its container, and to the outside container or wrapper of the retail package, if there be one, through which the required information on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, a label bearing:

    (A) The name and address of the producer, registrant, or person for whom produced;

    (B) The name, brand, or trademark under which the pesticide is sold;

    (C) The net weight or measure of the content; provided that the EPA Administrator may permit reasonable variations; and

    (D) When required by federal regulations to effectuate the purposes of this law, the registration number assigned to the pesticide under federal law and the use classification; and

    (11) The pesticide contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to humans, unless the label shall bear, in addition to any other matter required by this law:

    (A) The skull and crossbones;

    (B) The word "poison" prominently in red on a background of distinctly contrasting color; and

    (C) A statement of a practical treatment (first aid or otherwise) in case of poisoning by the pesticide. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Nematode: means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and the class nematoda, including unsegmented round worms with elongated fusiform or sac-like bodies covered with cuticle, and inhabiting soil, water, plants, or plant parts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Normal school hours: means Monday through Friday from 7:00 a. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-25
  • oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Participating institution: means one or all of the financial institutions (or, where applicable, financial institution holding companies) participating in a merger or consolidation pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:3-602
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Peer-to-peer car-sharing: means the operation, use, or control of a motor vehicle by an individual other than the motor vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-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: means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Pest: means any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacterium, or any other microorganism, except viruses, bacterium, or any other microorganisms on or in living humans or other living animals, which the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency determines to be a pest pursuant to the [Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act]. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Pest control operator: means a commercial pesticide applicator, who is required to possess a valid license for pest control under chapter 460J. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Pesticide: means :

    (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and

    (2) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Plant regulator: means any substance or mixture of substances intended, through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the rate of growth or maturation or for otherwise altering the behavior of plants or the produce thereof, but does not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants, and soil amendments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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
  • Private pesticide applicator: means a certified pesticide applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide which is classified for restricted use for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by the applicator or the applicator's employer if applied without compensation other than trading of personal services between producers of agricultural commodities on the property of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Produce: means to manufacture, prepare, compound, propagate, or process any pesticide or device. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Producer: means any person who manufactures, prepares, compounds, propagates, or processes any pesticide or device. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Project: means the real and personal property to be acquired or improved by the department or an agency with the proceeds of a financing agreement of the department or the agency, respectively, or provided to the agency by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37D-1
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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
  • Recipient: means any organization or person receiving a grant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 42F-101
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Registrant: means the person registering or licensing any pesticide pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • 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

  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • 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.
  • Restricted use pesticide: means :

    (1) A pesticide or pesticide use classified by the Administrator, EPA, for use by certified applicators or competent persons under their direct supervision and so designated on its label; or

    (2) A pesticide or pesticide use classified by the board for use by certified applicators or competent persons under their direct supervision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Resulting institution: means the financial institution resulting from a merger, consolidation or conversion pursuant to this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:3-602
  • Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
  • rider: means a person who uses a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network company driver who provides prearranged rides to the rider in a transportation network company vehicle between destination points chosen by the rider. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279J-1
  • ridesharing arrangement: means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where that transportation is incidental to another purpose of the driver. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279G-1
  • Risk manager: means the risk manager described in § 41D-7. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • School: means any public or private preschool, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, middle, secondary, or high school. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-25
  • 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.
  • Shared car: means a motor vehicle that is registered pursuant to chapter 286 and is not owned, controlled, operated, maintained, or managed by or registered, directly or indirectly through an affiliate, to the peer-to-peer car-sharing program and is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car driver: means an individual who has been authorized to drive the shared car by the shared car owner under a car-sharing program agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • Shared car owner: means the registered owner of a shared car. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279L-1
  • State agency: means all executive departments, boards, and commissions of the State and all public corporations created by the legislature, but excludes any contractor with the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • State ceiling: means any annual or other limit on the principal amount of bonds that may be issued by issuers, with tax exempt interest, tax credits, interest subsidies or other benefits under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which limit is imposed under or pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Public Law 111-5, or any subsequent federal legislation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 39C-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subsidiary: means a corporation, joint venture, partnership, or other company that is controlled by another corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • 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
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Tort claim: means any written request or demand for damages against the State within the meaning of chapter 662, and includes a "complaint" within the meaning of Rule 7(a) of the Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure, of the District Court Rules of Civil Procedure and of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if the complaint is for damages against the State within the meaning of chapter 662. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 41D-1
  • Transportation network company vehicle: means a vehicle that is:

    (1) Manufactured with seating accommodations for eight or fewer passengers;
    (2) Not a semitrailer, tractor-semitrailer combination, truck, or truck-tractor, as those terms are defined in § 286-2;
    (3) Used by a transportation network company driver to provide a prearranged ride;
    (4) Owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and
    (5) Not operating as a taxicab, limousine, or other for-hire vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 279J-1
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Under the direct supervision of a certified applicator: means , unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a pesticide shall be considered to be applied under the direct supervision of a certified applicator if it is applied by a competent person acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is available if and when needed, even though the certified applicator is not physically present at the time and place the pesticide is applied. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment: means any unreasonable risk to humans or the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the use of the pesticide. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Weed: means any plant which grows where not wanted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2