Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 223 - Quality Growth Policy

• Agency: means any department, authority, commission, council, board, committee, institution, legislative body, agency, or other establishment or office of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the State, and includes the office of Hawaiian affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Chief procurement officer: means those officials designated by § 103D-203. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Contract: means all types of agreements, regardless of what they may be called. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• District: means the state public education system as a whole, except as used by the department for federal compliance and reporting requirements. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302A-101
• Purchasing agency: means a state agency authorized to or responsible for entering into contracts to provide health or human services to the public. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103F-102
• Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.