Sections
Part I General Provisions 159-1 – 159-3
Part II Administration, Powers and Duties 159-6 – 159-8
Part III Licensing 159-11 – 159-17
Part IV Inspection Requirements 159-21 – 159-30
Part IVA Exotic Animals; Reimbursable Inspection 159-31 – 159-34
Part V Meat Processors and Related Industries 159-36 – 159-39
Part VI Inspection Service, Withdrawal and Compensation 159-46 – 159-48
Part VII Violations, Penalties, Prosecution, Compacts, Construction 159-51 – 159-57

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 159 - Hawaii Meat Inspection Act

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Act: means the "Hawaii Meat Inspection Act". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Agency: means any agency, board, commission, department, or officer of a county government or the state government, including the authority as defined in part II. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • agricultural activities: means the activities described in paragraphs (1) to (3);

        (22)  Geothermal resources exploration and geothermal resources development, as defined under § 182-1;

        (23)  Hydroelectric facilities, including the appurtenances associated with the production and transmission of hydroelectric energy, subject to § 205-2; provided that the hydroelectric facilities and their appurtenances:

              (A)  Shall consist of a small hydropower facility as defined by the United States Department of Energy, including:

                   (i)  Impoundment facilities using a dam to store water in a reservoir;

                  (ii)  A diversion or run-of-river facility that channels a portion of a river through a canal or channel; and

                 (iii)  Pumped storage facilities that store energy by pumping water uphill to a reservoir at higher elevation from a reservoir at a lower elevation to be released to turn a turbine to generate electricity;

              (B)  Comply with the state water code, chapter 174C;

              (C)  Shall, if over five hundred kilowatts in hydroelectric generating capacity, have the approval of the commission on water resource management, including a new instream flow standard established for any new hydroelectric facility; and

              (D)  Do not impact or impede the use of agricultural land or the availability of surface or ground water for all uses on all parcels that are served by the ground water sources or streams for which hydroelectric facilities are considered; or

        (24)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, composting and co-composting operations; provided that operations that process their own green waste and do not require permits from the department of health shall use the finished composting product only on the operation's own premises to minimize the potential spread of invasive species. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5

  • Agricultural activity: means any activity described in paragraphs (1) to (3) of this subsection. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
  • Alcohol: means ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, or spirits of wine, from whatever source or by whatever process produced. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Alternative fuel: means methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing eighty-five per cent or more by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels; natural gas; liquefied petroleum gas; hydrogen; coal-derived liquid fuels; biodiesel; mixtures containing twenty per cent or more by volume of biodiesel with diesel or other fuels; fuels (other than alcohol) derived from biological materials; and any other fuel that is substantially not a petroleum product and that the governor determines would yield substantial energy security benefits or substantial environmental benefits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Appurtenances: means operational infrastructure of the appropriate type and scale for economic commercial storage and distribution, and other similar handling of feedstock, fuels, and other products of biofuel processing facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • attendance: means a student is physically present in school after enrollment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • 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.
  • Authority: means the county planning commission, except in counties where the county planning commission is advisory only, in which case "authority" means the county council or such body as the council may by ordinance designate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Aviation fuel: means all liquid substances of whatever chemical composition usable for the propulsion of airplanes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • 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 and includes any national banking association and any bank chartered or licensed pursuant to chapter 412. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Barrel: means forty-two United States gallons of crude oil or petroleum product. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Beach: includes sand deposits in nearshore submerged areas, or sand dunes or upland beach deposits landward of the shoreline, that provide benefits for public use and recreation, for coastal ecosystems, and as a natural buffer against coastal hazards. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Beer: means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation or any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water, and includes ale, porter, brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, and strong beer but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine, or cooler beverage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Board: means the board of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • Board: means the board of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Bonds: means bonds, notes, and other instruments of indebtedness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Building and loan association: means any corporation that has been authorized to operate as a savings bank or savings and loan association pursuant to chapter 412, and any federal savings and loan association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Business: includes any activities engaged in by any person or organization or caused to be engaged in by the person or it for the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • calendar month: means each full month of the calendar year; provided that whenever the books of any distributor in any county are kept on such a basis that its monthly records are made up on a basis other than a calendar month so that each business month of the distributor ends on some other day than the last day of the calendar month, and the distributor presents a sworn application to the department of taxation setting forth such facts and requesting that it be granted the privilege of making returns and paying the taxes and performing other duties required of it under this chapter upon the basis of such business month rather than a calendar month, the department shall in writing grant such privilege and thereupon, as to such distributor, the terms "month" or "calendar month" shall be deemed to mean and refer to such business month, and all returns and payments under this chapter shall be made upon the basis of such business month and all delinquencies and penalties shall attach and be calculated as of the last day of such business month. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • 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
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Catalytic converter: means a device that is incorporated in a motor vehicle's exhaust system and contains a catalyst for converting pollutant gas emissions into less harmful emissions, regardless of whether the device has been removed from a motor vehicle's exhaust system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Certification: means the act of applying the official certificate or official mark by persons performing official functions under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Coastal hazards: means any tsunami, hurricane, wind, wave, storm surges, high tide, flooding, erosion, sea level rise, subsidence, or point and nonpoint source pollution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Coastal zone management area: means all lands of the State and the area extending seaward from the shoreline to the limit of the State's police power and management authority, including the United States territorial sea. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Coastal zone management program: means the comprehensive statement in words, maps, or other permanent media of communication, prepared, approved for submission, and amended by the State and approved by the United States government pursuant to Public Law No. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Commercial carrier: means any person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vehicle, directly or indirectly, for public use in the transportation of goods or passengers for compensation over land or water, or by air. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • commission: means the liquor commission of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Commissioner: means the insurance commissioner of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • 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
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Concurrent trial: means a trial proceeding held in the district or family court in which the defendant is tried simultaneously in a civil case for any charged traffic infraction or emergency period infraction and in a criminal case for any related criminal offense, with trials to be held in one court on the same date and at the same time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-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
  • Consumer: means an individual, including but not limited to applicants, policyholders, insureds, beneficiaries, claimants, and certificate holders, who is a resident of this State and whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's possession, custody, or control. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • 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 § 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.
  • Cooler beverage: means either a:

         (1)  Wine cooler containing wine and more than fifteen per cent added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, or adjuncts, water (plain, carbonated, or sparkling), colorings, or preservatives, and that contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume; or

         (2)  Malt beverage cooler containing beer and added natural or artificial blending material, such as fruit juices, flavors, flavorings, colorings, or preservatives, and that contains less than seven per cent of alcohol by volume. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1

  • County: means the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui and the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Crude oil: means petroleum in an unrefined state or natural state, including condensates and natural gasoline. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Cybersecurity event: means an event resulting in unauthorized access to, or disruption or misuse of, an information system or nonpublic information stored on that information system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dealer: means the holder of a manufacturer's license, wholesaler's license, brewpub's license, winery's license, or small craft producer's license under the liquor law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the planning department of the counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii and the department of planning and permitting of the city and county of Honolulu, or other appropriate agency as designated by the county councils. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • Department: means the department of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • Department: means the department of agriculture of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Depository institution: means a financial institution that is authorized to accept deposits under its chartering or licensing authority and includes a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, depository financial services loan company, credit union, or intra-Pacific bank. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • 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
  • Development: means any of the uses, activities, or operations on land or in or under water within a special management area that are included below:

         (1)  Placement or erection of any solid material or any gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal waste;

         (2)  Grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of any materials;

         (3)  Change in the density or intensity of use of land, including but not limited to the division or subdivision of land;

         (4)  Change in the intensity of use of water, ecology related thereto, or of access thereto; and

         (5)  Construction, reconstruction, or alteration of the size of any structure. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22

  • Development company: means a company approved by the federal Small Business Administration to operate under the provisions of Title V of the federal Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Public Law 699, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Distilled spirits: means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the distillation of fermented agricultural products, and includes alcohol for beverage use, spirits of wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, and gin, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof, but does not include beer, draft beer, cooler beverage, or wine. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Distributor: means :

         (1)  Every person who refines, manufactures, produces, or compounds liquid fuel or fossil fuel in the State and sells or uses the same therein;

         (2)  Every person who imports or causes to be imported into the State any liquid fuel or fossil fuel and sells it therein, whether in the original packages or containers in which it is imported or otherwise than in the original packages or containers, or who imports any liquid fuel or fossil fuel for the person's own use in the State;

         (3)  Every person who acquires liquid fuel or fossil fuel  from a person not a licensed distributor and sells or uses it, whether in the original package or container in which it was imported (if imported) or otherwise than in the original package or container; and

         (4)  Every person who acquires liquid fuel or fossil fuel from a licensed distributor as a wholesaler thereof and sells or uses it. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1

  • District: means , unless otherwise specified, the district of political representation associated with a state representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • 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
  • Draft beer: means beer in an individual container of seven gallons or more. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Emergency period infraction: means all occurrences of noncompliance with rules adopted by the governor or a mayor pursuant to chapter 127A, which are stated and designated in the rule as being an emergency period infraction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Encrypted: means the transformation of data into a form that results in a low probability of assigning meaning without the use of a protective process or key. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • End user: means any person or government entity who acquires petroleum products for their own use and not for resale. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • enrollment: means a student has met all of the department's requirements for entrance and is formally placed on a school's roll. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Equity security: means any stock or similar security; any security convertible, with or without consideration, into such a security, or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase such a security; any such warrant or right; or any security that the commissioner, by rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe in the public interest or for the protection of investors, designates as an equity security. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-101
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Exotic animal: means any cloven-hoofed ruminant animal considered feral in nature, other than domestic cattle, sheep, goats, or equines. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • 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 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 Meat Inspection Act: means the Act so entitled, approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Financial holding company: means any corporation registered under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or registered as a savings and loan holding company under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • 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
  • Financial services loan company: means any company which has been authorized to engage in the business of a financial services loan company pursuant to chapter 412. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • 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
  • 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
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • fuel: means all liquids ordinarily, practically, and commercially usable in internal combustion engines for the generation of power and includes liquefied petroleum gases, all distillates of and condensates from petroleum, natural gas, coal, coal tar, and vegetable ferments, such distillates and condensates being ordinarily designated as a gasoline, naphtha, benzol, benzine, and alcohols so usable but not restricted to such designation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Governing body: means the council of each county, or any other body exercising the legislative powers of the county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 47-1
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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

  • Hearing: means a proceeding conducted by the district court pursuant to § 291D-8 at which the person to whom a notice of traffic infraction or notice of emergency period infraction was issued either admits to the infraction, contests the notice of traffic infraction or notice of emergency period infraction, or admits to the traffic infraction or emergency period infraction but offers an explanation to mitigate the monetary assessment imposed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Holding company: means any company which controls another company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • important agricultural lands: means those lands, identified pursuant to this part, that:

         (1)  Are capable of producing sustained high agricultural yields when treated and managed according to accepted farming methods and technology;

         (2)  Contribute to the State's economic base and produce agricultural commodities for export or local consumption; or

         (3)  Are needed to promote the expansion of agricultural activities and income for the future, even if currently not in production. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-42

  • Information system: means a discrete set of electronic information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of electronic nonpublic information, as well as any specialized systems, such as industrial controls systems, process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange systems, and environmental control systems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Inspector: means any meat inspector of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Intrastate commerce: means commerce within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any meat or meat products, or other products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon any meat or meat products or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying the meat or meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Land: means the earth, water, and air above, below, or on the surface. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Lead agency: means the office of planning and sustainable development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Licensee: means a person issued a license under part III of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Licensee: includes an unauthorized insurer that accepts business placed through a licensed surplus lines broker in this State, but only in regard to the surplus lines placements under article 8, chapter 431. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Liquor law: means chapter 281. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Meat broker: means any person who sells or offers to sell, or buys or offers to buy, carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals on commission or who otherwise negotiates the purchase, sale, or exchange of the meat or meat products other than for the person's own account or as an employee of another person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Meat or meat products: means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portions of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of the carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from the definition as meat products by the board under the conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of the carcasses contained in the products are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Nonpublic information: means electronic information that is not publicly available information and is:

         (1)  Any information concerning a consumer that, because of name, number, personal mark, or other identifier, can be used to identify the consumer, in combination with any one or more of the following data elements:

              (A)  Social security number;

              (B)  Driver's license number or non-driver identification card number;

              (C)  Financial account number or credit or debit card number;

              (D)  Any security code, access code, or password that would permit access to a consumer's financial account; or

              (E)  Biometric records; or

         (2)  Any information or data subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101

  • Notice of traffic infraction: includes a notice of parking infraction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Official certificate: means any certificate prescribed by the board for issuance by veterinarians, inspectors, or other persons performing official functions under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Official device: means any device described or authorized by the board for use in applying any official mark. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Official inspection legend: means any symbol prescribed by the board showing that meat or meat products were inspected and passed in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Official mark: means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by the board to identify the status of any meat or meat products or animal under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • 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.
  • Permittee: means the holder of a permit provided for in § 244D-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Person: means any individual or any non-governmental entity, including but not limited to any non-governmental partnership, corporation, branch, agency, or association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, society, unincorporated association, joint adventure, group, hui, joint stock company, corporation, trustee, or other fiduciary, or other entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, or partnership, and an organization or association, whether or not incorporated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-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 159-3
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Petroleum product: means any liquid hydrocarbon at standard temperature and pressure that is the product of the fractionalization, distillation, or other refining or processing of crude oil. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Place of deposit: means a site within the county of the voter's registration address designated pursuant to § 11-109 for the purpose of receiving return identification envelopes in an election conducted by mail pursuant to part VIIA. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Power-generating facility: means any electricity-generating facility that requires a permit issued under the federal Clean Air Act (42 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Precinct: means the smallest political subdivision established by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • processed: means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Producer: means a person required to be licensed under the laws of this State to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public advisory body: means the advisory body established in § 205A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public schools: means all academic and noncollege type schools established and maintained by the department and charter schools governed by chapter 302D. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • 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
  • 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
  • Reinspection: means the re-examination of meat and meat products previously inspected and the inspection of meat and meat products during processing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Related criminal offense: means any criminal violation or crime, committed in the same course of conduct as a traffic infraction or emergency period infraction, for which the defendant is arrested or charged. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Renderer: means any person engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals, except rendering conducted under inspection under part IV. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Retail dealer: means a person who purchases liquid fuel from a licensed distributor and sells the liquid fuel at retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 243-1
  • Sale: means any transfer of title or possession, or both, exchange or barter, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Secretary of Agriculture: means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • 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.
  • Shoreline: means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, other than storm and seismic waves, at high tide during the season of the year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the edge of vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Small business investment company: means a company approved by the federal Small Business Administration to operate under the provisions of the federal Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (72 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Sparkling wine: means champagne and any other effervescent wine charged with more than 0. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Special management area: means the land extending inland from the shoreline as delineated on the maps filed with the authority as of June 8, 1977, or as amended pursuant to § 205A-23. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • Special management area use permit: means an action by the authority authorizing development the valuation of which exceeds $500,000 or which may have a substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Still wine: means any nonsparkling wine and shall include those wines containing not more than 0. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Structure: includes but is not limited to any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • surplus: includes retained earnings, whether or not transferred or allocated to surplus. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Third-party service provider: means a person, not otherwise defined as a licensee, that contracts with a licensee to maintain, process, store, or otherwise is permitted access to nonpublic information through its provision of services to the licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • this State: means the State of Hawaii, its political subdivisions, agencies, and departments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 412:1-109
  • Traffic infraction: means all violations of statutes, ordinances, or rules relating to traffic movement and control, including parking, standing, equipment, and pedestrian offenses, for which the prescribed penalties do not include imprisonment and that are not otherwise specifically excluded from coverage of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Trial: means a trial conducted by the district court pursuant to the rules of the district court and the Hawaii rules of evidence. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Trust company: means a corporation or joint stock company authorized to conduct business as a trust company under article 8 of chapter 412. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 241-1
  • Use: means any use, whether such use is of such nature as to cause the property to be appreciably consumed or not, or the keeping of such property for such use or for sale, and shall include the exercise of any right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership of that property. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • Used motor vehicle part or accessory: means a motor vehicle part or motor vehicle accessory which has been the subject of prior sale at retail, either individually or attached to a motor vehicle as a component part or accessory thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Veterinarian: means the state veterinarian or any of the veterinarian's duly authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Voter service center: means a location within the county of the voter's registration address established pursuant to § 11-109 to serve all of the following purposes:

         (1)  Receive return envelopes for absentee ballots pursuant to chapter 15;

         (2)  Receive return identification envelopes in an election by mail conducted pursuant to part VIIA;

         (3)  Provide voting machine services for persons with disabilities pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, P. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

  • Voting system: means the use of paper ballots, electronic transmission, voting machines, elections by mail pursuant to part VIIA, absentee voting pursuant to chapter 15, or any system by which votes are cast and counted. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Weighted student formula: means a formula for allocating operating moneys to individual public schools that includes a system of weighted characteristics affecting the relative cost of educating each student attending a public school. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
  • Wholesaler: means any person who buys or sells carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, or exotic animals in trade channels other than retail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 159-3
  • Wine: means the product obtained from normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of sound ripe grapes or other agricultural products containing natural or added sugar or any such alcoholic beverage to which is added grape brandy, fruit brandy, or spirits of wine, which is distilled from the particular agricultural product or products of which the wine is made and other rectified wine products and by whatever name and which contains not more than twenty-four per cent of alcohol by volume, and includes vermouth and sake, known as Japanese rice wine, but does not include cooler beverage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1
  • wine gallon: means that liquid measure containing one hundred twenty-eight fluid ounces (3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 244D-1