486P-1 Definitions
486P-2 Reports to attorney general
486P-3 Penalties
486P-4 Unregistered nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers; agent; notice
486P-5 Certification; participating manufacturers; nonparticipating manufacturers
486P-6 Directory; updates; information to be maintained and provided
486P-7 Use and disclosure of information

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 486P - Tobacco Products Reporting

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • Administrator: means the chief of police of each county or the director of finance of each county and their authorized subordinates charged with the responsibility of administering this chapter;

         "Driver" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle;

         "Judgment" means any judgment, order, or decree which has become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of the United States or any territory or state thereof upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages;

         "Legal owner" has the same meaning prescribed by § 286-2;

         "License" means any license or permit issued or recognized under chapter 286 to operate motor vehicles;

         "Motor vehicle" has the meaning prescribed by § 286-2 and includes trailers and semitrailers designed for use by such vehicles, but does not include road rollers, farm tractors, tractor cranes, power shovels, and well drillers;

         "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of the State;

         "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by laws of the State pertaining to the operation by the nonresident of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident in this State;

         "Owner" or "registered owner" has the meaning prescribed by § 286-2 to the term "owner";

         "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of such proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, in the amounts prescribed by § 294-10(a);

         "Registration" means the certificate of registration issued pursuant to chapter 286;

         "State" except in reference to the State of Hawaii means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-1

  • 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
  • agricultural activities: means the activities described in paragraphs (1) to (3);

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Agricultural activity: means any activity described in paragraphs (1) to (3) of this subsection. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
  • agricultural education programs: means activities or events designed to promote knowledge and understanding of agricultural activities and practices conducted on a farming operation as defined in § 165-2;

        (20)  Solar energy facilities that do not occupy more than ten per cent of the acreage of the parcel, or twenty acres of land, whichever is lesser or for which a special use permit is granted pursuant to § 205-6; provided that this use shall not be permitted on lands with soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A;

        (21)  Solar energy facilities on lands with soil classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating B or C for which a special use permit is granted pursuant to § 205-6; provided that:

              (A)  The area occupied by the solar energy facilities is also made available for compatible agricultural activities at a lease rate that is at least fifty per cent below the fair market rent for comparable properties;

              (B)  Proof of financial security to decommission the facility is provided to the satisfaction of the appropriate county planning commission prior to date of commencement of commercial generation; and

              (C)  Solar energy facilities shall be decommissioned at the owner's expense according to the following requirements:

                   (i)  Removal of all equipment related to the solar energy facility within twelve months of the conclusion of operation or useful life; and

                  (ii)  Restoration of the disturbed earth to substantially the same physical condition as existed prior to the development of the solar energy facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5

  • Agricultural-energy enterprise: means an enterprise that integrally incorporates an agricultural activity with an agricultural-energy facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
  • Agricultural-energy facility: means a facility that generates, stores, or distributes renewable energy as defined in § 269-91 or renewable fuel including electrical or thermal energy or liquid or gaseous fuels from products of agricultural activities from agricultural lands located in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Appurtenances: means operational infrastructure of the appropriate type and scale for economic commercial storage and distribution, and other similar handling of feedstock, fuels, and other products of biofuel processing facilities. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • 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 general: means the attorney general of the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486P-1
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • bona fide agricultural activity: means a farming operation as defined in § 165-2;

        (15)  Wind energy facilities, including the appurtenances associated with the production and transmission of wind generated energy; provided that the wind energy facilities and appurtenances are compatible with agriculture uses and cause minimal adverse impact on agricultural land;

        (16)  Biofuel processing facilities, including the appurtenances associated with the production and refining of biofuels that is normally considered directly accessory and secondary to the growing of the energy feedstock; provided that biofuel processing facilities and appurtenances do not adversely impact agricultural land and other agricultural uses in the vicinity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205-4.5

  • Brand family: means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers, including but not limited to "menthol" "lights" "kings" and "100s" and includes any brand name (alone or in conjunction with any other word), trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486P-1
  • Business: includes any activities engaged in by any person or organization or caused to be engaged in by the person or it for the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Catalytic converter: means a device that is incorporated in a motor vehicle's exhaust system and contains a catalyst for converting pollutant gas emissions into less harmful emissions, regardless of whether the device has been removed from a motor vehicle's exhaust system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • 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
  • cigarette: includes "roll-your-own" (i. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486P-1
  • Coastal hazards: means any tsunami, hurricane, wind, wave, storm surges, high tide, flooding, erosion, sea level rise, subsidence, or point and nonpoint source pollution. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Coastal zone management area: means all lands of the State and the area extending seaward from the shoreline to the limit of the State's police power and management authority, including the United States territorial sea. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Coastal zone management program: means the comprehensive statement in words, maps, or other permanent media of communication, prepared, approved for submission, and amended by the State and approved by the United States government pursuant to Public Law No. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • Collect: means to obtain information that the licensee organizes or can retrieve by the name of an individual or by identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual, without regard to the source of the underlying information. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Commission: means the state public charter school commission established pursuant to [section] 302D-3 as a statewide authorizer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Commissioner: means the insurance commissioner of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Concurrent trial: means a trial proceeding held in the district or family court in which the defendant is tried simultaneously in a civil case for any charged traffic infraction or emergency period infraction and in a criminal case for any related criminal offense, with trials to be held in one court on the same date and at the same time. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Consumer: means an individual, including but not limited to applicants, policyholders, insureds, beneficiaries, claimants, and certificate holders, who is a resident of this State and whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's possession, custody, or control. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Customer: means a consumer who has a customer relationship with a licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Cybersecurity event: means an event resulting in unauthorized access to, or disruption or misuse of, an information system or nonpublic information stored on that information system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the planning department of the counties of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii and the department of planning and permitting of the city and county of Honolulu, or other appropriate agency as designated by the county councils. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • Department: means the 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
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Development: means any of the uses, activities, or operations on land or in or under water within a special management area that are included below:

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

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

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

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

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

  • Director of finance: means the director of finance of each county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Emergency period infraction: means all occurrences of noncompliance with rules adopted by the governor or a mayor pursuant to chapter 127A, which are stated and designated in the rule as being an emergency period infraction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Encrypted: means the transformation of data into a form that results in a low probability of assigning meaning without the use of a protective process or key. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Equity security: means any stock or similar security; any security convertible, with or without consideration, into such a security, or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase such a security; any such warrant or right; or any security that the commissioner, by rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe in the public interest or for the protection of investors, designates as an equity security. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-101
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the state public charter school commission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 302D-1
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Financial product or service: includes a financial institution's evaluation or brokerage of information that the financial institution collects in connection with a request or an application from a consumer for a financial product or service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Information system: means a discrete set of electronic information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of electronic nonpublic information, as well as any specialized systems, such as industrial controls systems, process controls systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange systems, and environmental control systems. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insurance product or service: includes a licensee's evaluation, brokerage, or distribution of information that the licensee collects in connection with a request or an application from a consumer for an insurance product or service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Licensee: includes an unauthorized insurer that accepts business placed through a licensed surplus lines broker in this State, but only in regard to the surplus lines placements under article 8, chapter 431. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Marine: means ocean and ocean-related resources. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-61
  • 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.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Motor vehicle: has the meaning prescribed by § 286-2 and includes trailers and semitrailers designed for use by such vehicles, but does not include road rollers, farm tractors, tractor cranes, power shovels, and well drillers;

         "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of the State;

         "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by laws of the State pertaining to the operation by the nonresident of a motor vehicle, or the use of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident in this State;

         "Owner" or "registered owner" has the meaning prescribed by § 286-2 to the term "owner";

         "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of such proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, in the amounts prescribed by § 294-10(a);

         "Registration" means the certificate of registration issued pursuant to chapter 286;

         "State" except in reference to the State of Hawaii means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any province of the Dominion of Canada. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-1

  • Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • motor vehicle liability policy: as used in this chapter means an owner's or a driver's policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in § 287-22 or § 287-23 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provided in § 287-23, by an insurance carrier duly authorized to transact business in the State, to or for the benefit of the person named therein as insured. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 287-24
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Nonaffiliated third party: includes any company that is an affiliate solely by virtue of the direct or indirect ownership or control of the company by the licensee or its affiliate in conducting merchant banking or investment banking activities of the type described in § 4(k)(4)(H) of the federal Bank Holding Company Act, Title 12 U. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Nonparticipating manufacturer: means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486P-1
  • 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

  • Nonpublic information: means electronic information that is not publicly available information and is:

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

              (A)  Social security number;

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

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

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

              (E)  Biometric records; or

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

  • Nonpublic personal financial information: means :

         (1)  Personally identifiable financial information; and

         (2)  Any list, description, or other grouping of consumers and publicly available information pertaining to them, that is derived using any personally identifiable financial information that is not publicly available. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102

  • Notice of traffic infraction: includes a notice of parking infraction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • 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
  • Opt out: means a direction by a consumer that a licensee not disclose nonpublic financial information about that consumer to a nonaffiliated third party, other than as permitted by part IV of this article. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Participating manufacturer: has the meaning given that term in § II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486P-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.
  • Person: means any individual or any non-governmental entity, including but not limited to any non-governmental partnership, corporation, branch, agency, or association. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, or partnership, and an organization or association, whether or not incorporated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • 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
  • 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
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Producer: means a person required to be licensed under the laws of this State to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public advisory body: means the advisory body established in § 205A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-1
  • public 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 law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Publicly available information: means any information that a licensee has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public from:

         (1)  Federal, state, or local government records;

         (2)  Widely distributed media; or

         (3)  Disclosures to the general public that are required to be made by federal, state, or local law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3A-102

  • 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.
  • Related criminal offense: means any criminal violation or crime, committed in the same course of conduct as a traffic infraction or emergency period infraction, for which the defendant is arrested or charged. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • 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).
  • Risk assessment: means the risk assessment that each licensee is required to conduct under § 431:3B-202. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • 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, 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
  • Special management area: means the land extending inland from the shoreline as delineated on the maps filed with the authority as of June 8, 1977, or as amended pursuant to § 205A-23. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • Special management area minor permit: means an action by the authority authorizing development the valuation of which is not in excess of $500,000 and which has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • Special management area use permit: means an action by the authority authorizing development the valuation of which exceeds $500,000 or which may have a substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • State: means the State of Hawaii. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Structure: includes but is not limited to any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 205A-22
  • 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
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Third-party service provider: means a person, not otherwise defined as a licensee, that contracts with a licensee to maintain, process, store, or otherwise is permitted access to nonpublic information through its provision of services to the licensee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:3B-101
  • Tobacco product manufacturer: means any person that is a "tobacco product manufacturer" as defined in § 675-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 486P-1
  • Traffic infraction: means all violations of statutes, ordinances, or rules relating to traffic movement and control, including parking, standing, equipment, and pedestrian offenses, for which the prescribed penalties do not include imprisonment and that are not otherwise specifically excluded from coverage of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • 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.
  • Trial: means a trial conducted by the district court pursuant to the rules of the district court and the Hawaii rules of evidence. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 291D-2
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Used motor vehicle part or accessory: means a motor vehicle part or motor vehicle accessory which has been the subject of prior sale at retail, either individually or attached to a motor vehicle as a component part or accessory thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 289-1
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.