Sections
Part I Research and Economic Development 201-1 – 201-20
Part II Planning–Repealed 201-21
Part III Planning Information–Repealed 201-43.5
Part IV Facilitation of Permit Processing 201-61 – 201-71
Part VI Out-of-State Offices 201-81 – 201-85
Part VII Tourism–Repealed 201-91
Part VIII Recycling 201-101 – 201-106
Part IX Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development 201-111 – 201-115

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 201 - Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Applicant governing board: means the initial governing board that is:

         (1)  Established by an eligible group or entity to submit a charter application pursuant to § 302D-13; and

         (2)  Not subject to § 302D-12. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Authority: means the Hawaii community development authority established by § 206E-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Authorizer: means an entity established under this chapter with chartering authority to review charter applications, decide whether to approve or deny charter applications, enter into charter contracts with applicants, oversee public charter schools, and decide whether to authorize, renew, deny renewal of, or revoke charter contracts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Available surplus: means the excess over the minimum amount of surplus required for the classes of insurance the insurer is authorized to transact. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-101
  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Board: means the board of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Board approval: means approval by the board of land and natural resources pursuant to chapter 183C. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-41
  • Branch: means the insurance fraud investigations branch of the insurance division of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
  • Business: means any corporation, partnership, individual, sole proprietorship, joint stock company, joint venture, or any other private legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Business day: means any day excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state or federal holidays. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to common carriers by motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to common carriers by water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Chapter: means the Motor Carrier Law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Chapter: means this Water Carrier Law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • charter: means a fixed-term, bilateral, renewable contract between a public charter school and an authorizer that outlines the roles, powers, responsibilities, and performance expectations for each party to the contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Charter application: means a proposal from an applicant to an authorizer to enter into a charter contract whereby the proposed school obtains public charter school status. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Closing hour of voting: means 7:00 p. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Commercial project: means an undertaking involving commercial or light industrial development, which includes a mixed-use development where commercial or light industrial facilities may be built into, adjacent to, under, or above residential units;

         (2)  "Redevelopment project" means an undertaking for the acquisition, clearance, replanning, reconstruction, and rehabilitation, or a combination of these and other methods, of an area for a residential project, for an incidental commercial project, and for other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto, pursuant to and in accordance with this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2

  • Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Commission: means the public utilities commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Commission: means the state public charter school commission established pursuant to [section] 302D-3 as a statewide authorizer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Common carrier by motor vehicle: means any person that holds itself out to the general public to engage in the transportation by motor vehicle of passengers or property or any class or classes thereof for compensation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • common carrier by water: means any person who holds oneself out to the general public as engaging in the transportation by water of passengers or property for compensation within the State or between points within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract carrier by motor vehicle: means any person that engages in transportation by motor vehicle of passengers or property for compensation (other than transportation referred to in the definition of "common carrier by motor vehicle") under continuing contracts with one person or a limited number of persons for the furnishing of transportation services:

         (1)  Through the assignment of motor vehicles for a continuing period of time to the exclusive use of each person served; or

         (2)  Designed to meet the distinct need of each individual customer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4

  • Contractor: means any person having a contract with a governmental body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Conversion charter school: means :

         (1)  Any existing department school that converts to a charter school and is managed and operated in accordance with § 302D-13; or

         (2)  Any existing department school that converts to a charter school and is managed and operated by a nonprofit organization in accordance with § 302D-13. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • County: means any county of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Creative industries: means those sectors that comprise Hawaii s creative economy, including media, arts, culture, music, design, fashion, publishing, animation, interactive, and emerging media. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-111
  • Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-1
  • Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-61
  • Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-101.5
  • Department: means the department of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-111
  • 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-41
  • Department: means the department of education. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Department school: means any school that falls within the definition of "public schools" as defined in § 302A-101 and that is not a charter school. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Director: means the director of business, economic development, and tourism. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-101.5
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • District: means , unless otherwise specified, the district of political representation associated with a state representative. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Enforcement officer: means any person employed and authorized by the commission to investigate any matter on behalf of the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Enforcement officer: means any person employed and authorized by the commission to investigate any matter on behalf of the commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the state public charter school commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fund: means the Hawaii film and creative industries development special fund. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-111
  • Goods: means all property, including but not limited to equipment, equipment leases, materials, supplies, printing, insurance, and processes, including computer systems and software, excluding land or a permanent interest in land, leases of real property, and office rentals. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Governing board: means the independent board of a public charter school that is party to the charter contract with the authorizer that:

         (1)  Is responsible for the financial, organizational, and academic viability of the charter school and implementation of the charter;

         (2)  Possesses the independent authority to determine the organization and management of the school, the curriculum, and virtual education;

         (3)  Has the power to negotiate supplemental collective bargaining agreements with exclusive representatives of their employees and is considered the employer of charter school employees for purposes of chapters 76, 78, and 89; and

         (4)  Ensures compliance with applicable state and federal laws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1

  • Government: means the State, or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities, corporate or otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-1
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Insurance policy: means a contract issued by an insurer or other licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Licensee: means an entity licensed under and governed by title 24, including an insurer governed by chapter 431, a mutual benefit society governed by article 1 of chapter 432, a fraternal benefit society governed by article 2 of chapter 432, or a health maintenance organization governed by chapter 432D, and their respective agents and employees engaged in the business of the licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Local governing body: means the county council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Marine: means ocean and ocean-related resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-61
  • Media: means film, motion pictures, television, interactive, over-the-top television productions, virtual reality, augmented reality and other forms of emerging media, multi-player videogame publishing, and other digitally-developed content for theatrical or digital distribution via streaming, mobile, and broadcast media. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-111
  • month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Motor carrier: includes both a common carrier by motor vehicle and a contract carrier by motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Motor vehicle: means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used upon the highways in the transportation of passengers or property, or any combination thereof determined by the commission, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive, or car operated exclusively on a rail or rails or a trolley bus operated by electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire, furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street-railway service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Nonprofit organization: means a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt entity that:

         (1)  Is recognized as a tax-exempt organization under the Internal Revenue Code; and

         (2)  Is registered to do business in this State in accordance with chapter 414D. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1

  • 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.
  • Ocean waters: means all waters seaward of the shoreline within the jurisdiction of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Organizational viability: means that a charter school:

         (1)  Has been duly constituted and operates in accordance with its charter;

         (2)  Has a governing board established in accordance with law and the charter school's charter;

         (3)  Employs sufficient faculty and staff to provide the necessary educational program and support services to operate the facility in accordance with its charter;

         (4)  Maintains accurate and comprehensive records regarding students and employees as determined by its authorizer;

         (5)  Meets appropriate standards of student achievement as defined by the board pursuant to its duties under article X, § 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii;

         (6)  Cooperates with board and authorizer requirements in conducting its functions;

         (7)  Complies with applicable federal, state, and county laws and requirements;

         (8)  In accordance with authorizer guidelines and procedures, is financially sound and fiscally responsible in its use of public funds, maintains accurate and comprehensive financial records, operates in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, and maintains a sound financial plan;

         (9)  Operates within the scope of its charter contract and fulfills obligations and commitments of its charter;

        (10)  Complies with all health and safety laws and requirements;

        (11)  Complies with all authorizer directives, policies, and procedures; and

        (12)  Complies with all board policies deemed applicable to charter schools by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1

  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Permit: means any license, permit, certificate, certification, approval, compliance schedule, or other similar document or decision pertaining to any regulatory or management program which is related to the protection, conservation, use of, or interference with the natural resources of land, air, or water in the State, and which is required prior to constructing or operating a project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-61
  • Permit: means a permit issued under this chapter to contract carriers by motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, or partnership, and an organization or association, whether or not incorporated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Person: means any individual, company, association, organization, group, partnership, business, trust, or corporation; but shall exclude:

         (1)  Insurers, as defined in § 431:1-202, and other licensees, as defined in this part; and

         (2)  Licensed attorneys acting in their capacity as attorneys for a claimant other than the licensed attorney. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:2-401

  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • persons: means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • persons: means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plan: means the Hawaii ocean resources management plan, created and approved by the Hawaii ocean and marine resources council, as amended by the lead agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-61
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Pre-opening charter school: means a charter school that has not yet satisfactorily fulfilled the authorizer's pre-opening assurance as required under § 302D-14. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any good, service, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Project: means any land or water use activity or any construction or operation which requires permits from one or more state agencies or permits from a state agency and a county or federal agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 201-61
  • Project: means a specific work or improvement, including real and personal properties, or any interest therein, acquired, owned, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or improved by the authority, including a commercial project, a redevelopment project, or a residential project, all as defined as follows, or any combination thereof, which combination shall hereinafter be called and known as a "multipurpose project". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Provisional ballot: means a ballot and any accompanying materials issued to a voter that are segregated for review and subsequent determination of validity, in accordance with eligibility criteria and other requirements of law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Public advisory body: means the advisory body established in § 205A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Public agency: means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, public corporation agency, or instrumentality of the federal, state, or county government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • public charter school: refers to those public schools and their respective governing boards, as defined in this section, that are holding current charter contracts to operate as charter schools under this chapter, including start-up and conversion charter schools, and that have the flexibility and independent authority to implement alternative frameworks with regard to curriculum, facilities management, instructional approach, virtual education, length of the school day, week, or year, and personnel management. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Public facilities: includes streets, utility and service corridors, and utility lines where applicable, sufficient to adequately service developable improvements in the district, sites for schools, parks, parking garage, sidewalks, pedestrian ways, and other community facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Qualified nonprofit housing trust: means a corporation, association, or other duly chartered organization that is registered and in good standing with the State; is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable or otherwise tax-exempt organization under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and has the capacity and resources as determined by the authority to carry out the requirements of the reserved housing and workforce housing programs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Rates: includes rates, fares, tolls, rentals, and charges of whatever kind and nature unless the context indicates otherwise; provided that for transportation by motor vehicle of passengers, where the provision of transportation is part of a package that may include air fare, meals, attractions, and other services, "rates" shall only include the charges for the provision of transportation by motor vehicle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Rates: includes rates, fares, tolls, rentals, and charges of whatever kind and nature unless the context indicates otherwise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Real property: means lands, structures, and interests in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, space rights, and air rights and any and all other things and rights usually included within the term. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Reserved housing: means housing designated for residents in the low-income or moderate-income ranges who meet such eligibility requirements as the authority may adopt by rule. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Residential project: means a project or that portion of a multipurpose project, including residential dwelling units, designed and intended for the purpose of providing housing and any facilities as may be incidental or appurtenant thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Services: means the furnishing of labor, time, or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than reports which are merely incidental to the required performance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • 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
  • Shoreline area: shall include all of the land area between the shoreline and the shoreline setback line and may include the area between mean sea level and the shoreline; provided that if the highest annual wash of the waves is fixed or significantly affected by a structure that has not received all permits and approvals required by law or if any part of any structure in violation of this part extends seaward of the shoreline, then the term "shoreline area" shall include the entire structure. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-41
  • Shoreline setback line: means that line established in this part or by the county running inland from the shoreline at a horizontal plane. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-41
  • solicitation: includes :

         (1)  Any request for a proxy, whether or not accompanied by or included in a form of proxy;

         (2)  Any request to execute or not to execute, or to revoke a proxy; or

         (3)  The furnishing of a proxy or other communication to stockholders under circumstances reasonably calculated to result in the procurement, withholding, or revocation of a proxy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-237

  • Start-up charter school: means a new charter school established under § 302D-13 that is not a conversion charter school. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Structure: includes , but is not limited to, any portion of any building, pavement, road, pipe, flume, utility line, fence, groin, wall, or revetment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-41
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Surplus funds: means the excess of the insurer's assets over its liabilities, including its capital stock as a liability. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-101
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Transportation of persons: includes every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort, or convenience of persons transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of these persons and their baggage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Transportation of persons: includes every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort, or convenience of persons transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of these persons and their baggage. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Transportation of property: includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of property, including in particular its receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer, carriage, ventilation, refrigeration, icing, dunnage, storage in transit, handling, and consolidation for the purposes of forwarding within the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271-4
  • Transportation of property: includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of property, including in particular its receipt, and delivery, carriage, preservation, and all incidental services affecting these activities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 271G-5
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • urban renewal plan: means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan (1) shall conform to the master plan for the county as a whole; or if there is no master plan for the county as a whole, then to the master plan for the urban area as a whole of which the urban renewal project area constitutes a part; and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses; improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 53-52
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • 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
  • Workforce housing: means new residential projects where at least seventy-five per cent of the residential units are set aside for purchase or rent for residents in the low-income or moderate-income ranges who meet such eligibility requirements as the authority may adopt by rules and that do not require financial assistance for design and construction from federal, state, or county government agencies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2