Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 37


Part II	Allotment System	37-31 – 37-49
Part III	Budgetary Control of Special Funds	37-51 – 37-54
Part IV	The Executive Budget	37-61 – 37-78
Part V	General Fund Expenditure Ceiling	37-91 – 37-94
Part VI	Council On Revenues	37-111 – 37-113.1
Part VII	Routine Repair and Maintenance	37-121 – 37-122

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 37 - Budget

Accidental death: means death that is the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring at some definite time and place while the member was employed in a position in which all contributions required to be made to the employees' retirement system by the employee or the employer, or both, have been made, was in the actual performance of duty, or due to the result of some occupational hazard, and not caused by wilful negligence on the part of the member. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-21
Actuarial cost: means the actuarial present value, at the date of valuation, of the increase in the retirement allowance that would be attributable to the years of service being converted to class H credited service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-311
Advance health-care directive: means an individual instruction or a power of attorney for health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Advance mental health care directive: means a written document expressing preferences, instructions, or a power of attorney for mental health treatment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-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.
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 executive department, independent commission, board, agency, authority, bureau, office, or other establishment of the state government (except the legislature and the judiciary), or any quasi-public institution which is supported in whole or in part by state funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Agency: means any department, office, board, or commission of the State or a county government which is a part of the executive branch of that government, but does not include any public corporation or authority that may be established by the legislature for the purposes of the project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Agent: means an individual designated in a power of attorney for health care to make a health-care decision for the individual granting the power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Agent: means a competent adult designated in a power of attorney contained in an advance mental health care directive to make a mental health care decision for the individual granting the power and includes all designated alternate agents. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Agricultural activities: includes :
(1) The care and production of livestock, livestock products, poultry, and poultry products;
(2) The care and production of apiary, horticultural, and floricultural products;
(3) The planting, cultivating, and harvesting of crops or trees; and
(4) Any other activity that is directly associated with agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
Agricultural enterprise: means an activity directly and primarily supporting the production and sale of agricultural products in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
Agricultural enterprise lands: means agricultural lands that are transferred to and managed by the department pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
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.
Annual required contribution: means the State's required contribution to the employees' retirement system or Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, as applicable, that is sufficient to cover:
(1) The normal cost, which is the cost of other post-employment benefits attributable to the current year of service; and
(2) An amortization payment, which is a catch-up payment for past service costs to fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability over the next thirty years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
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: means any person who, pursuant to statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation, requests approval or a permit of the proposed project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
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
Approval: means a discretionary consent required from an agency prior to the actual implementation of the project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Aquacultural activities: means the farming or ranching of any plant or animal species in a controlled salt, brackish, or freshwater environment; provided that the farm or ranch is on or directly adjacent to land. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
Aquatic life: means any type or species of mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, invertebrate, coral or other animal that inhabits the freshwater and marine environment and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof; or freshwater and marine plants, including seeds, roots, and other parts thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
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.
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
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 Mauna Kea stewardship and oversight authority. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
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}
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Best interest: means that the benefits to the individual resulting from a treatment outweigh the burdens to the individual resulting from that treatment and shall include:
(1) The effect of the treatment on the physical, emotional, and cognitive functions of the patient;
(2) The degree of physical pain or discomfort caused to the individual by the treatment or the withholding or withdrawal of the treatment;
(3) The degree to which the individual's medical condition, the treatment, or the withholding or withdrawal of treatment, results in a severe and continuing impairment;
(4) The effect of the treatment on the life expectancy of the patient;
(5) The prognosis of the patient for recovery, with and without the treatment;
(6) The risks, side effects, and benefits of the treatment or the withholding of treatment; and
(7) The religious beliefs and basic values of the individual receiving treatment, to the extent that these may assist the surrogate decision-maker in determining benefits and burdens. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Best interests: means that the benefits to the principal resulting from a mental health treatment outweigh the burdens to the principal resulting from that treatment and includes:
(1) The effect of the mental health treatment on the physical, mental, emotional, and cognitive functions of the principal;
(2) The degree of physical and mental pain or discomfort caused to the principal by the mental health treatment or the withholding or withdrawal of that treatment;
(3) The degree to which the principal's medical condition, the mental health treatment, or the withholding or withdrawal of mental health treatment, results in a severe and continuing impairment;
(4) The effect of the mental health treatment on the life expectancy of the principal;
(5) The prognosis of the principal for recovery or remission, with and without the mental health treatment;
(6) The risks, side effects, and benefits of the mental health treatment or the withholding of mental health treatment; and
(7) The religious beliefs and basic values of the principal receiving mental health treatment known to the agent, to the extent that these may assist the agent in determining benefits and burdens. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Board: means the board of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Board: means the board of water supply of each county;
"Council" means the council of each county;
"County" means a county or city and county of the State;
"County attorney" means the legal advisor of a county;
"County auditor" means the auditor or finance officer of a county performing the audit function;
"County treasurer" means the county official maintaining its treasury;
"Mayor" means the executive officer of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 54-11
Board: means the board of directors of the development corporation established in section 206M-2, and any successor thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Board: means the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
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 categories: means types of bonds and includes general obligation bonds, reimbursable general obligation bonds, and revenue bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Bond fund: means the fund used to account for the proceeds of bond issues and expenditures therefrom. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Bond receipts: means the proceeds from the issuance of governmental bonds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Brand name: means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof identifying the commercial feed of a distributor and distinguishing it from that of others. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Capacity: means an individual's ability to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed health care and to make and communicate a health-care decision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Capacity: means a principal's ability to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed mental health care or treatment and to make and communicate a mental health care decision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
capital investment: includes plan, land acquisition, design, construction, and equipment and furnishing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Capital investment costs: means costs, beyond the research and development phase, associated with capital improvements, including the acquisition and development of land, the design and construction of new facilities, and the making of renovations or additions to existing facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Carrier: means a voluntary association, corporation, partnership, or organization engaged in providing, paying for, arranging for, or reimbursing the cost of, health benefits or long-term care benefits under group insurance contracts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
Casual hire position: means an hourly-paid temporary position, the services of which are required intermittently. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200-1
Chairperson: means the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
Commercial feed: means all feed except:
(1) Whole seeds unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not adulterated within the meaning of section 144-6, that are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed;
(2) Hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls when:
(A) Unground; or
(B) Unmixed with other materials;
(3) Wet garbage;
(4) Individual chemical compounds when not mixed with other materials; and
(5) Unmixed feeding cane molasses, unmixed pineapple pulp, unmixed pineapple hay, and unmixed sugarcane hay. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Commission: means the animal species advisory commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
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.
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
Competent adult: means an individual eighteen years of age or older who has the capacity to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed mental health care or treatment and to make and communicate mental health care decisions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Conservation: means to use and the use of all methods and procedures for the purpose of managing populations of aquatic life and wildlife and their habitats. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Construction costs: means the costs involved in building and landscaping capital facilities, including any consultant or staff services required and built-in equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
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
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.
Cost categories: means the major types of costs and includes research and development, capital investment, and operating. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Cost elements: means the major subdivisions of a cost category. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
County: means the counties of Hawaii, Kauai and Maui, and the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88E-1
County: means the counties of Honolulu, Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88F-1
County: means the counties of Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui, including their respective boards of water supply and other quasi-independent boards, commissions, and agencies. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Credited service: means service as an officer or employee paid by the State or county, service during the period of leave of absence or exchange if the individual is paid by the State or county during the leave of absence or exchange, and service during the period of unpaid leave of absence or exchange if the individual is engaged in the performance of a governmental function or if the unpaid leave of absence is an approved leave of absence for professional improvement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Crosswalk: means a reconciliation of the program structure with the structure used for accounting and/or appropriations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Custom-mixed feed: means a special commercial mixture that is formulated by the manufacturer or processor in accordance with the specific instructions of the final purchaser and contains feed material or materials wholly or partly supplied by the manufacturer or processor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Debt service: means interest and principal repayments on moneys borrowed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
Department: means the department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 155D-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources or any successor agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Department: means the department of land and natural resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Departmental earnings: means the amounts collected by governmental agencies for services provided and products or property sold; rentals collected for use of public property; fees, fines, forfeitures, and penalties assessed; and other related types of charges. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Dependent-beneficiary: means an employee-beneficiary's:
(1) Spouse;
(2) Child deemed eligible by the board, including a legally adopted child, stepchild, foster child, or recognized natural child, but excluding a child born or legally adopted more than ten months after the date of the death of:
(A) An active employee killed in the performance of duty;
(B) An active employee who was eligible to retire on the date of death; or
(C) A retired employee-beneficiary; and
(3) Unmarried child regardless of age who is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity, which existed prior to the unmarried child's reaching the age of nineteen years. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Development corporation: means the Hawaii technology development corporation established by section 206M-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Devise: To gift property by will.
Direct investment: means an investment by the corporation in qualified securities of an enterprise to provide capital to an enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Discretionary consent: means a consent, sanction, or recommendation from an agency for which judgment and free will may be exercised by the issuing agency, as distinguished from a ministerial consent. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Distribute: means to offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply feed, commercial feeds, or custom-mixed feeds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Distributor: means any person who distributes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
District: means the land district as constituted under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Donor: means any person, partnership, corporation, company, or association engaged in the farming, processing, distribution, wholesaling, or retailing of food products who donates such products, without remuneration, to a charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 145D-1
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Drug: means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than human and articles other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Economic development project: means an endeavor related to industrial, commercial, or advanced technology-based agricultural enterprise "Economic development project" shall not include that portion of an endeavor devoted to the construction of housing
"Economic zone" means a tract of real property determined by the board as being suitable for use as building sites for projects by one or more industrial, processing, production, or manufacturing enterprises engaged in technology, including but not limited to high technology support facilities, such as greenhouses and manufacturing, value-added, processing, and packaging facilities; research; training; technical analyses; software development; pilot plant; energy development; or prototype product development. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Emancipated minor: means a person under eighteen years of age who is totally self-supporting. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Emancipated minor: means an individual less than eighteen years of age who is deemed to be emancipated pursuant to § 577-25. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Employee: means a person who is eligible to participate in the employees' retirement system of the State of Hawaii as defined in § 88-21. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88E-1
Employee: means a part-time, temporary, seasonal or casual employee, as defined by rules of the board of trustees, who is not eligible to participate in the employees' retirement system of the State under chapter 88. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88F-1
Employee: means an employee or officer of the State, county, or legislature,
(1) Including:
(A) An elective officer;
(B) An officer or employee under an authorized leave of absence;
(C) An employee of the Hawaii national guard although paid from federal funds;
(D) A retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;
(E) A salaried and full-time member of a board, commission, or agency appointed by the governor or the mayor of a county; and
(F) A person employed by contract for a period not exceeding one year, where the director of human resources development, personnel services, or civil service has certified that the service is essential or needed in the public interest and that, because of circumstances surrounding its fulfillment, personnel to perform the service cannot be obtained through normal civil service recruitment procedures,
(2) But excluding:
(A) A designated beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; the county pension system; or the police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or county;
(B) Except as allowed under paragraph (1)(F), a person employed temporarily on a fee or contract basis; and
(C) A part-time, temporary, and seasonal or casual employee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Employee-beneficiary: means :
(1) An employee;
(2) The beneficiary of an employee who is killed in the performance of the employee's duty, including:
(A) The surviving child, if there is no surviving parent who is eligible to be an employee-beneficiary and the child is unmarried and under the limiting age as defined by the board; and
(B) The surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse does not subsequently remarry;
(3) An employee who retired prior to 1961; and
(4) The beneficiary of a retired member of the employees' retirement system; a county pension system; or a police, firefighters, or bandsmen pension system of the State or a county, upon the death of the retired member, including:
(A) The surviving child, if there is no surviving parent who is eligible to be an employee-beneficiary and the child is unmarried and under the limiting age as defined by the board; and
(B) The surviving spouse, if the surviving spouse does not subsequently remarry;
provided that the employee, the employee's beneficiary, or the beneficiary of the deceased retired employee is deemed eligible by the board to participate in a health benefits plan or long-term care benefits plan under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Enforcement officer: means a police officer and any other state or county officer charged with the enforcement of state laws. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200-61
Enterprise: means a person with a place of business in Hawaii which is, or proposes to be, engaged in business in Hawaii; provided that the endeavor shall not be devoted to the sale of goods at retail, construction of housing, or tourism- related services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Environmental impact statement: means , as applicable, an informational document prepared in compliance with chapter 343 or with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
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}
Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
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.
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.
Farming operation: includes but shall not be limited to:
(1) Agricultural-based commercial operations as described in section [205-2(d)(15)];
(2) Noises, odors, dust, and fumes emanating from a commercial agricultural or an aquacultural facility or pursuit;
(3) Operation of machinery and irrigation pumps;
(4) Ground and aerial seeding and spraying;
(5) The application of chemical fertilizers, conditioners, insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides; and
(6) The employment and use of labor. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 165-2
Federal aid interstate: means funds received or reasonably anticipated to be received from the federal government for the purpose of constructing the interstate highway system in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Federal aid primary: means funds received or reasonably anticipated to be received from the federal government for the purpose of constructing primary roadways. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Federal aid secondary: means funds received or reasonably anticipated to be received from the federal government for the purpose of constructing secondary roadways. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Federal aid urban: means funds received or reasonably anticipated to be received from the federal government for the purpose of constructing roads in urban areas. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Federal funds: means financial aid received or reasonably anticipated to be received from the federal government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
Feed: means all edible materials consumed by animals, other than dogs, cats, or other domestic pets, that contribute energy or nutrients to the animal's diet and are distributed or imported. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Feed ingredient: means each of the constituent materials making up a feed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Financing agreement: means any lease purchase agreement, installment sale agreement, loan agreement, line of credit, or any other agreement to finance the improvement, use, or acquisition of real or personal property that is or will be owned or operated by the State or any agency or to refinance any such previously executed financing agreement including certificates of participation relating thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
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.
Food product: means any fowl, seafood, animal, vegetable, or other stuff, product, or article which is customary food fit for human consumption, including prepared, canned, milk, dairy, and farm products, before or after the expiration date stamped on the products, if any. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 145D-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}
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Full cost: means the total cost of a program, system or capability, including research and development costs, capital investment costs, and operating costs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Fund: means the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund established in section 87A-30. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Funded ratio: means the ratio of net assets to net liabilities of the employees' retirement system or Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, as applicable, as determined by actuarial valuation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Funding period: means the number of years in the future that will be required to fully fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the employees' retirement system or Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, as applicable, based upon actuarial assumptions and no assumed future actuarial gains or losses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
General fund: means the fund used to account for all transactions which are not accounted for in another fund. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
General obligation bonds: means bonds, notes, or other instruments of indebtedness for the payment of the principal and interest of which the full faith and credit of the State are pledged. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
Guardian: means a judicially appointed guardian having authority to make a health-care decision for an individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
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.
Guardian: means a judicially appointed guardian or conservator having authority to make a mental health care decision for a principal, appointed under part 3 of article V of chapter 560. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Habitat: means a locality or environment in which aquatic life, wildlife or land plants (as defined in chapter 195D) grow or live. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Health benefits plan: means :
(1) A group insurance contract or service agreement that may include medical, hospital, surgical, prescribed drugs, vision, and dental services, in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of the services as determined by the board; or
(2) A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition, including:
(1) Selection and discharge of health-care providers and institutions;
(2) Approval or disapproval of diagnostic tests, surgical procedures, programs of medication, and orders not to resuscitate; and
(3) Direction to provide, withhold, or withdraw artificial nutrition and hydration; provided that withholding or withdrawing artificial nutrition or hydration is in accord with generally accepted health care standards applicable to health-care providers or institutions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Health care institution: means an institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Health care provider: means an individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Health-care decision: means a decision made by an individual or the individual's agent, guardian, or surrogate, regarding the individual's health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Health-care institution: means an institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Health-care provider: means an individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to provide health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
hull: means the shell, frame, or body of a vessel, exclusive of masts, yards, sails, riggings, machinery, and equipment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200-71
Hypothetical account balance: means :
(1) For members who became members before July 1, 2012, the sum of:
(A) One and one-half times the sum of:
(i) Employee contributions made, either by the member or on behalf of the member, pursuant to § 88-325;
(ii) Accumulated interest at the regular interest rate on the employee contributions; and
(B) Any employee contributions, including rollovers and contributions used to convert credited service to class H credited service, or used to purchase service, and accumulated interest on the employee contributions at the regular interest rate; or
(2) For members who become members after June 30, 2012, the sum of:
(A) One and one-fifth times the sum of:
(i) Employee contributions made, either by the member or on behalf of the member, pursuant to § 88-325; and
(ii) Accumulated interest at the regular interest rate on the employee contributions; and
(B) Any employee contributions, including rollovers and contributions used to convert credited service to class H credited service, or used to purchase service, and accumulated interest on the employee contributions at the regular interest rate. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-311
Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
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}
Indigenous species: means any aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant (as defined in chapter 195D) growing or living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought directly or indirectly to Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
Individual instruction: means an individual's direction concerning a health-care decision for the individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
Interagency group: means the body established pursuant to § 196D-6. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
Interested persons: means the patient's spouse, unless legally separated or estranged, a reciprocal beneficiary, any adult child, either parent of the patient, an adult sibling or adult grandchild of the patient, or any adult who has exhibited special care and concern for the patient and who is familiar with the patient's personal values. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Internal Revenue Code: means subtitle A, chapter 1, of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2022, as it applies to the determination of gross income, adjusted gross income, ordinary income and loss, and taxable income, except those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which, pursuant to this chapter, do not apply or are otherwise limited in application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 235-2.3
Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
Introduction: means an act of establishing aquatic life or wildlife into a habitat to which it is not indigenous. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1
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.
Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter:
(1) Upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed or imported; or
(2) On the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed or custom-mixed feed is distributed or imported. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Land: includes all interests therein and natural resources including water, minerals, and all such things connected with land, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Land agent: means the land agent of the public lands of the district where the land is situated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
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}
Lease payments: means payments made by the State or any agency under any financing agreement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Lessee: means a lessee under a lease issued by or transferred to the department or any tenant, licensee, grantee, permittee, assignee, or other person authorized to conduct an agricultural enterprise by the board or department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 141D-2
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Long-term care benefits plan: means :
(1) A group insurance contract or service agreement in which a carrier agrees to provide, pay for, arrange for, or reimburse the cost of long-term care benefits as determined by the board; or
(2) A similar schedule of benefits established by the board and provided through the fund on a self-insured basis. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Manufacture: means to grind, mix, or blend or further process a commercial feed for distribution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Means of financing: means the various sources from which funds are available and includes the general fund, special fund, revolving fund, general obligation bonds, reimbursable general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, federal aid interstate highway fund, federal aid primary road fund, federal aid secondary road fund, federal aid urban fund, other federal funds, private contributions, county funds, trust funds, and other funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Mental health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect a principal's mental condition, including:
(1) Selection and discharge of health care providers and institutions;
(2) Approval or disapproval of diagnostic tests, surgical procedures, and programs of medication; and
(3) Approval or disapproval of electroconvulsive treatment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Mental health care decision: means a decision made by a principal or the principal's agent or guardian regarding the principal's mental health care or mental health treatment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Mental health treatment: means any form of treatment used for the treatment of mental illness, including but not limited to electroconvulsive treatment, the use of psychotropic medication, and admission to and retention in a health care facility for the care or treatment of mental illness. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
microchip identification: means a device that is implanted under the skin of an animal and that contains contact information for the owner of the animal. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 143-1
Milk: means the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrums, obtained by the milking of healthy cows or goats normally produced or marketed through the channels of the fluid milk trade or for further processing into milk products. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 155D-1
Minority-owned businesses: means businesses at least fifty per cent owned, controlled, and managed by socially or economically disadvantaged persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
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.
Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
Nonadd: means a program which is listed with an objective or a program grouping, but the cost of which is not to be included in the total cost of that objective or program grouping because it is included in some other objective or program group. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Nuisance: as used in this chapter , includes all claims that meet the requirements of this definition regardless of whether a complainant designates such claims as brought in nuisance, negligence, trespass, or any other area of law or equity; provided that nuisance as used in this chapter does not include an alleged nuisance that involves water pollution or flooding. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 165-2
oath: includes a solemn affirmation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-21
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
Objective: means a statement of the end result, product, or condition desired, for the accomplishment of which a course of action is to be taken. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
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.
Officer: means any sheriff, deputy, any member of a police force in counties with a population of less than 100,000 and animal control officers of the several counties of the State;
"Owner" includes every person owning, harboring, or keeping a dog; provided that if the owner is a minor under the age of eighteen years, the parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of the minor shall be irrebuttably presumed to be the owner;
"Unlicensed dog" means any dog for which the license for the current year has not been paid or to which the tag provided for in this chapter is not attached. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 143-1
Official sample: means any sample of feed taken by the department or its agent and designated as "official" by the department. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
operating: include personal services, current lease payments, other current expenses, equipment, and motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Operating costs: means recurring costs of operating, supporting and maintaining authorized programs, including costs for personnel salaries and wages, employee fringe benefits, lease payments, supplies, materials, equipment, and motor vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Owner: includes every person owning, harboring, or keeping a dog; provided that if the owner is a minor under the age of eighteen years, the parent, guardian, or other person having the care, custody, or control of the minor shall be irrebuttably presumed to be the owner;
"Unlicensed dog" means any dog for which the license for the current year has not been paid or to which the tag provided for in this chapter is not attached. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 143-1
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.
Permanent position: means a position, the existence of which has no time limitation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
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 or in connection with the undertaking of the project. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Person: includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or an association, except as otherwise defined in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 195H-2
Person: includes any individual, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, corporation, joint venture, consortium, any public corporation or authority that may be established by the legislature for the purposes of the project, or other legal entity other than an agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association, except as otherwise defined in this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 171-1
Person: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or other association of persons organized for commercial or industrial purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 453. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Physician: means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 453. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Planning: means that process by which government objectives are formulated; measures by which effectiveness in attaining the objectives are identified; alternatives by which objectives may be attained are determined; the full cost, effectiveness and benefit implications of each alternative are determined; the assumptions, risks and uncertainties of the future are clarified; and cost and effectiveness and benefit tradeoffs of the alternatives are identified. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
police force: includes among others, jailors, turnkeys, guards, matrons, lunas, and cooks employed in any county jail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-152
Position: means a specific job, whether occupied or vacant, consisting of all duties and responsibilities assigned or delegated by competent authority, requiring the full- or part-time employment of one person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Position ceiling: means the maximum number of permanent and temporary full-time equivalent positions that an expending agency is authorized for a particular program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Poultry products: means chicken eggs, uncooked in shell, egg-laying chicks, meat bird chicks, pullets, broilers, fryers, and laying chicken hens. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 155D-1
Power of attorney: means the designation of an agent to make mental health care decisions for the principal granting the power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
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 of attorney for health care: means the designation of an agent to make health-care decisions for the individual granting the power. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Primary physician: means a physician designated by an individual or the individual's agent, guardian, or surrogate, to have primary responsibility for the individual's health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Primary physician: means a physician designated by a principal or the principal's agent or guardian to have primary responsibility for the principal's health care, including mental health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not reasonably available, a physician who undertakes the responsibility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Principal: means a competent adult or emancipated minor who has executed a written advance mental health care directive or power of attorney for mental health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Probate: Proving a will
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Product name: means the name of the commercial feed that identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Program: means a combination of resources and activities designed to achieve an objective or objectives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Program size: means the magnitude of a program, such as the number of persons serviced by the program, the amount of a commodity, the time delays, the volume of service in relation to population or area, etc. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Program structure: means a display of programs which are grouped in accordance with the objectives to be achieved, or the functions to be performed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Programming: means that process by which government's long-range program and financial plans are scheduled for implementation over a six-year period and which specifies what programs are to be implemented, how they are to be implemented, when they are to be implemented, and what the costs of such implementation are. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Project: means the commercial development, construction, installation, financing, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement, including without limitation all applicable exploratory, testing, and predevelopment activities related to the foregoing of:
(1) A geothermal power plant or plants, including all associated equipment, facilities, wells, and transmission lines, on the island of Hawaii for the purpose of generating electric energy for transmission primarily to the island of Oahu through the cable system; and
(2) An interisland deep water electrical transmission cable system, including all land-based transmission lines and other ancillary facilities, to transmit geothermally generated electric energy from the island of Hawaii to the island of Oahu, regardless of whether the cable system is used to deliver electric energy to any intervening point. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196D-3
Project: means the acquisition, construction, improvement, installation, equipping, and development of any combination of land, buildings, and other improvements thereon, including, without limitation, parking facilities for use of, or to assist a technology industrial, manufacturing, or processing enterprise located within or without an econimic zone, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, machinery, equipment, furnishings, and apparatus that shall be deemed necessary, suitable, or useful to the enterprise. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Psychologist: means an individual authorized to practice psychology under chapter 465. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-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 feed developer: means any person that, at the time of application for and disbursement of funds under this chapter, is in the business of cultivating feed crops or manufacturing feed for qualified producers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 155D-1
Qualified producer: means any person that at the time of application for and disbursement of funds under this chapter is in the business of producing:
(1) Milk from a herd, located in Hawaii, of not less than ten cows or twenty-five lactating milking goats;
(2) Poultry products from a flock, raised and located in Hawaii, of not less than thirty birds;
(3) Pork from a herd, raised and located in Hawaii, of not less than ten sows;
(4) Beef that is grown, slaughtered, processed, and marketed in Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 155D-1
Qualified-beneficiary: means , for purposes of the long-term care benefits plan, a former employee or an employee who is not eligible for benefits due to a reduction in work hours, including the spouse, divorced spouse, parents, grandparents, in-law parents, and in-law grandparents of an employee or retiree; provided that the beneficiary was enrolled in the plan before the employee or former employee became ineligible for benefits. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
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.
Reasonably available: means able to be contacted with a level of diligence appropriate to the seriousness and urgency of a patient's health care needs, and willing and able to act in a timely manner considering the urgency of the patient's health care needs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Reimbursable general obligation bonds: means general obligation bonds issued for a public undertaking, improvement, or system from which revenues, or user taxes, or a combination of both, may be derived for the payment of the principal and interest as reimbursement to the general fund and for which reimbursement is required by law, and, in the case of general obligation bonds issued by the State for a political subdivision, general obligation bonds for which the payment of the principal and interest as reimbursement to the general fund is required by law to be made from the revenue of the political subdivision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
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.
Research and development costs: means costs primarily associated with the development of a new program, system or capability to the point where capital and/or operating costs are required to introduce the program, system or capability into operational use. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Resource categories: means types of resources and includes tax revenues, departmental earnings, and federal receipts. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Revenue bonds: means all bonds payable from the revenues, or user taxes, or any combination of both, of a public undertaking, improvement, system, or loan program and any loan made thereunder and secured as may be provided by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Revolving fund: means a fund from which is paid the cost of goods and services rendered or furnished to or by a state agency and which is replenished through charges made for the goods or services or through transfers from other accounts or funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Routine repair and maintenance: means repair and maintenance performed on a scheduled repair and maintenance cycle. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-121
sale: includes exchange. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
Seed capital: means financing provided for the earliest stage of business development, including but not limited to developing a working prototype, preparing a business plan, performing an initial market analysis, or organizing a management team. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206M-1
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.
Shoreline: means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, usually evidenced by the edge of vegetation growth or by the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200-1
Special funds: means funds which are dedicated or set aside by law for a specified object or purpose, but excluding revolving funds and trust funds. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Special pay plan: means a governmental retirement plan that meets the requirements of sections 401(a) and 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which may be a qualified pick-up plan under section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88D-1
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88E-1
State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88F-1
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statutes at large: A chronological listing of the laws enacted each Congress. They are published in volumes numbered by Congress.
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Supervising health care provider: means the primary physician or the physician's designee, or the health care provider or the provider's designee who has undertaken primary responsibility for a principal's health care, that includes mental health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327G-2
Supervising health-care provider: means the primary physician or the physician's designee, or the health-care provider or the provider's designee who has undertaken primary responsibility for an individual's health care. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Surrogate: means an individual, other than a patient's agent or guardian, authorized under this chapter to make a health-care decision or to act as a medicaid authorized representative for the patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 327E-2
Tax revenues: means the amounts collected from compulsory charges, in the form of taxes, levied by the State for the purpose of financing services performed for the common public benefit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Temporary position: means a position, the existence of which has a time limitation, or a position that is not otherwise a permanent position. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Toll-milled feed: means a special feed that is processed by the processor:
(1) From materials entirely delivered by the owner thereof or the owner's authorized agent; and
(2) In accordance with the specific instructions of the owner,
and that is not distributed. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 144-2
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.
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Trust fund: means a fund in which designated persons or classes of persons have a vested beneficial interest or equitable ownership, or which was created or established by a gift, grant, contribution, devise or bequest that limits the use of the fund to designated objects or purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Trustee: means a trustee of the board of trustees of the Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund, as described in § 87A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 87A-1
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability: means the portion of the actuarial accrued liability, including the present value of benefits presently being paid to retirees, that exceeds the value of current assets. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Vessel: means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 200-61
Vicing position: means a temporary position created to backfill for an incumbent who is on an extended period of authorized leave of absence. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 37-62
Wildlife: means any non-domesticated member of the animal kingdom, including game birds and mammals designated by law or rules for hunting, whether reared in captivity or not, and includes any part, product, egg or offspring thereof, except aquatic life as defined in this section. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 197-1

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