Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 304A > Part I > CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION UNDER FEDERAL AID

• Codes and standards: means nationally recognized minimum requirements that shall be met for design and construction to safeguard life, property, and the general welfare. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Council: means the state building code council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Hawaii state building codes: means the building codes and standards that the state building code council adopts under § 107-24. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• Hurricane resistant criteria: means the design criteria for enhanced hurricane protection areas that are capable of withstanding a five hundred-year hurricane event, as developed by the state department of defense for public shelter and residential safe room design criteria. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• State building construction: means any building construction project or program initiated by a state agency or requiring the use of state funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 107-21
• university: refers to the University of Hawaii, unless otherwise required by the context. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 304A-101