HAR §15-106-2. Definitions

As used in chapters 15-106 to 15-109, except as otherwise required by context: "Agency" means the same as in section 91-1(1), HRS; "Authority" means the same as in section 206X-2 (1), HRS; "Chairperson" means the duly elected chief presiding officer of the authority and, in the absence or incapacity of the chairperson, the duly elected vice chairperson of the authority; "Convention center district" means the undeveloped Aloha Motors site established pursuant to section 7 of act 7 of the 1993 legislature; "Convention center facility" or "convention center" means any combination of land, buildings, and improvements thereon, suitable for use as a convention center; any other structure or facility required or useful for the operation of a convention center facility, including, but not limited to, commercial, office, community service, parking, garage, and other supporting service structures; and all necessary, useful and related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances; "County" means the city and county of Honolulu or any other political subdivision of the State designated as a county; "Developer" means any person, partnership, cooperative, firm, nonprofit or for- profit corporation, or public agency possessing the competence, expertise, experience, and resources, including financial, personal, and tangible resources, required to effectuate, directly or through other developers, the development of a convention center, including planning, design, and construction; "Executive director" means the chief executive officer of the authority who is appointed by the authority and who serves at the pleasure of the authority; "Government record" means the same as in section 92F-3, HRS; "HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes; "Individual" means a natural person; "Local governing body" shall be as defined in section 206X-2, HRS; "Meeting" means the same as in section 92-2(3), HRS; "Person" means the same as in section 91-1(2), HRS; "Petitioner" means any person who or which petitions or on whose behalf a petition is made to the authority concerning a matter over which the authority has jurisdiction to decide; "Proceeding" means any matter brought before the authority or initiated by the authority which it has jurisdiction to decide; "Public agency" means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, public corporation agency, or instrumentality of the federal, state, or county government; "Public improvement" means any improvement, facility, or service, together with customary improvements and appurtenances, necessary to provide public needs such as vehicular and pedestrian circulation systems, storm sewers, flood control improvements, water supply and distribution facilities, sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, and public utility and energy services; "Public facilities" include streets, utility and service corridors, and utility lines where applicable, sufficient to adequately service developable improvements in the district, sites for schools, parks, parking garages, sidewalks, pedestrian ways, and other community facilities. "Public facilities" shall also include public highways, as defined by statute, storm drainage systems, water systems, street lighting systems, off-street parking facilities, and sanitary sewerage systems; "Public projects" means any project or activity of the State, the county, or any agency of the State or the county, conducted to fulfill a governmental function for public benefit and in accordance with public policy; "Real property" means lands, structures, and interests in land, including lands under water and riparian rights, space rights, and air rights and any and all other things and rights usually included within the term. Real property also means any and all interest in such property less than full title, such as easements, incorporeal hereditaments and every estate, interest, or right, legal or equitable, including terms for years and liens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages, or otherwise; "Rule" means same the as in section 91-1(4), HRS; "State" means the State of Hawaii. [Eff 11/20/89; am and comp FEB 25 1994] ( Auth: HRS §§91-2, 206X-4) (Imp: HRS §§91-2, 206X-4, L 1993, c7, §7)