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HI Rev Stat § 485A-609 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-609 Appeals to court, first circuit; time; bonds; costs; decree; further appeal.

  §485A-609 Appeals to court, first circuit; time; bonds; costs; decree; further appeal. (a) An appeal may be taken by any aggrieved person from any final order of the commissioner to the circuit court of the first circuit in the manner provided in chapter 91. The appellant shall execute a bond in the penal sum of $1,000 to the State, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the commissioner or the court, conditioned upon the faithful prosecution of the appeal to final judgment, and the payment of all such costs as shall be adjudged against the appellant.  (b) The appeal shall be conducted without a jury and confined to the record, and it may be given precedence by the court over other matters pending in the court.  (c) If the order of the commissioner is reversed the court shall by its mandate specifically direct the commissioner as to the commissioner's further action in the matter, including the making and entering of any order or orders in connection therewith, and the conditions, limitations, or restrictions to be therein contained; provided that the commissioner shall not thereby be barred from thereafter revoking or altering the order for any proper cause which may thereafter accrue or be discovered.  (d) If the order is affirmed, the appellant shall not be barred after thirty days from filing a new application; provided the application is not otherwise barred or limited.  (e) The appeal shall not in any way suspend the operation of the order appealed from during the pendency of the appeal unless upon proper order of the commissioner or the court.  (f) An appeal may be taken from the decree of the circuit court to the supreme court. [L 2006, c 229, pt of §1] Rules of Court  Appeal to circuit court, see HRCP rule 72; appeals, see Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure.
HI Rev Stat § 485A-610 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-610 Service of process.

  §485A-610 Service of process. (a) A consent to service of process complying with this section shall be signed and filed in the form required by a rule or order under this chapter. A consent appointing the commissioner the person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person, or the person's successor or personal representative under this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter after the consent is filed, has the same force and validity as if the service were made personally on the person filing the consent. A person that has filed a consent complying with this subsection in connection with a previous application for registration or notice filing need not file an additional consent.  (b) If a person, including a nonresident of this State, engages in an act, practice, or course of business prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter and the person has not filed a consent to service of process under subsection (a), the act, practice, or course of business constitutes the appointment of the commissioner as the person's agent for service of process in a noncriminal action or proceeding against the person or the person's successor or personal representative.  (c) Service under subsection (a) or (b) may be made by providing a copy of the process to the office of the commissioner; provided that it shall not be effective unless:  (1) The plaintiff, which may be the commissioner, promptly sends notice of the service and a copy of the process, return receipt requested, to the defendant or respondent at the address set forth in the consent to service of process or, if a consent to service of process has not been filed, at the last known address, or takes other reasonable steps to give notice; and  (2) The plaintiff files an affidavit of compliance with this subsection in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process, if any, or within the time that the court, or the commissioner in a proceeding before the commissioner, allows.  (d) Service pursuant to subsection (c) may be used in a proceeding before the commissioner or by the commissioner in a civil action in which the commissioner is the moving party.  (e) If process is served under subsection (c), the court, or the commissioner in a proceeding before the commissioner, shall order continuances as are necessary or appropriate to afford the defendant or respondent reasonable opportunity to defend.  (f) If any process or pleadings mentioned in this chapter are served upon the commissioner, it shall be by duplicate copies, one of which shall be filed in the office of the commissioner and another immediately forwarded by the commissioner by registered mail to the principal office of the issuer against which the process or pleadings are directed. [L 2006, c 229, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-701 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-701 Application of act to existing proceeding and existing rights and duties.

  §485A-701 Application of act to existing proceeding and existing rights and duties. (a) The predecessor act exclusively governs all actions or proceedings that are pending on July 1, 2008, or may be instituted on the basis of conduct occurring before July 1, 2008; provided that a civil action may not be maintained to enforce any liability under the predecessor act unless instituted within any period of limitation that applied when the cause of action accrued or within five years after July 1, 2008, whichever is earlier.  (b) All effective registrations under the predecessor act, all administrative orders relating to the registrations, rules, statements of policy, interpretative opinions, declaratory rulings, no-action determinations, and conditions imposed on the registrations under the predecessor act shall remain in effect for the period that they would have remained in effect if this chapter had not been enacted. The registration orders, rules, statements, opinions, rulings, determinations, and conditions, shall be deemed to have been filed, issued, or imposed under this chapter, but shall be exclusively governed by the predecessor act. [L 2006, c 229, pt of §1] Revision Note  "July 1, 2008" substituted for "the effective date of this chapter".
HI Rev Stat § 485A-801 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-801 Definitions.

  §485A-801 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Elder" means an individual sixty-two years of age or older.  "Financial exploitation" means:  (1) The wrongful or unauthorized taking, withholding, appropriation, or use of money, assets, or property of an elder or a vulnerable adult; or  (2) Any act or omission by a person, including through the use of a power of attorney, guardianship, or conservatorship of an elder or a vulnerable adult, to:  (A) Obtain control through deception, intimidation, or undue influence over the elder's or vulnerable adult's money, assets, or property to deprive the elder or vulnerable adult of the ownership, use, benefit, or possession of the elder's or vulnerable adult's money, assets, or property; or  (B) Convert money, assets, or property of the elder or vulnerable adult to deprive the elder or vulnerable adult of the ownership, use, benefit, or possession of the elder's or vulnerable adult's money, assets, or property.  "Qualified person" means any agent, broker-dealer, investment adviser representative, investment adviser, or person who serves in a supervisory or compliance capacity for a broker-dealer or an investment adviser.  "Reasonably associated individual" means any person known to the qualified person to be reasonably associated with the elder, vulnerable adult, or account.  "Vulnerable adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older who, because of mental, developmental, or physical impairment, is unable to:  (1) Communicate or make responsible decisions to manage the person's own care or resources;  (2) Carry out or arrange for essential activities of daily living; or  (3) Protect oneself from abuse. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-802 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-802 Governmental disclosures.

 §485A-802 Governmental disclosures. If a qualified person reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an elder or a vulnerable adult may have occurred, may have been attempted, or is being attempted, the qualified person shall promptly notify the commissioner. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-803 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-803 Immunity for governmental disclosures.

  §485A-803 Immunity for governmental disclosures. A qualified person who, in good faith and exercising reasonable care, makes a disclosure of information pursuant to section 485A-802 shall be immune from administrative or civil liability that might otherwise arise from the disclosure or for any failure to notify the commissioner of the disclosure. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-804 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-804 Third-party disclosures.

 §485A-804 Third-party disclosures. If a qualified person reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an elder or a vulnerable adult may have occurred, may have been attempted, or is being attempted, a qualified person may notify a reasonably associated individual or any third party previously designated by the elder or vulnerable adult. Disclosure shall not be made to any reasonably associated individual or previously designated third party who is suspected of financial exploitation or other abuse of the elder or vulnerable adult. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-805 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-805 Immunity for third-party disclosures.

 §485A-805 Immunity for third-party disclosures. A qualified person who, in good faith and exercising reasonable care, makes a disclosure of information pursuant to section 485A-804 shall be immune from any administrative or civil liability that might otherwise arise from the disclosure. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-806 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-806 Delaying disbursements or transactions.

 §485A-806 Delaying disbursements or transactions. (a) A qualified person may delay a disbursement from, or a transaction in connection with, an account of an elder or a vulnerable adult, or an account on which an elder or a vulnerable adult is a beneficiary, if:  (1) The qualified person reasonably believes that the requested disbursement or transaction may result in financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult after initiating an internal review of the requested disbursement or transaction and the suspected financial exploitation; and  (2) The qualified person:  (A) Immediately, but in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction is delayed, provides written notification of the delay and the reason for the delay to all parties authorized to transact business on the account, unless any party is reasonably believed to have engaged in suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult;  (B) Immediately, but in no event more than two business days after the requested disbursement or transaction is delayed, notifies the commissioner; and  (C) Continues its internal review of the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult, as necessary, and provides status updates to the commissioner upon request.  (b) Any delay of a requested disbursement or transaction as authorized by this section shall expire upon the sooner of:  (1) A determination by the qualified person that the requested disbursement or transaction will not result in financial exploitation of the elder or vulnerable adult; or  (2) Fifteen business days after the date on which the qualified person first delayed the requested disbursement or transaction, unless the commissioner requests that the qualified person extend the delay, in which case the delay shall expire no later than twenty-five business days after the date on which the qualified person first delayed the requested disbursement or transaction, unless sooner terminated or further extended by the commissioner or by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.  (c) A court of competent jurisdiction may enter an order extending the delay of the requested disbursement or transaction, or may order other protective relief based on the petition of the commissioner, the qualified person who initiated the delay under this section, or other interested party. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-807 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-807 Immunity for delaying disbursements or transactions.

  §485A-807 Immunity for delaying disbursements or transactions. A qualified person who, in good faith and exercising reasonable care, complies with section 485A-806 shall be immune from any administrative or civil liability that might otherwise arise from a delay of a requested disbursement or transaction in accordance with that section. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-808 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-808 Records.

 §485A-808 Records. A qualified person shall provide access to or copies of records that are relevant to the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of an elder or a vulnerable adult to the commissioner or law enforcement, either as part of a referral to the commissioner or law enforcement, or upon request of the commissioner or law enforcement pursuant to an investigation. The records may include historical records as well as records relating to the most recent transaction or transactions that may comprise financial exploitation of an elder or a vulnerable adult. All records made available under this section shall be exempt from disclosure under chapter 92F.  Nothing in this section shall limit or otherwise impede the authority of the commissioner to access or examine the books and records of a qualified person as otherwise provided by law. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 485A-809 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|485A. Uniform Securities Act|485A-809 Multiple duties to report.

 §485A-809 Multiple duties to report. Compliance with this part shall not discharge the duty to report suspected abuse under any other law. [L 2021, c 54, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 486-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-2 Cooperation; uniformity of regulations.

  §486-2 Cooperation; uniformity of regulations. The board may cooperate and enter into agreements with any state or county agency, federal or other state or county agency with similar statutory functions for the purpose of carrying out the respective parts of this chapter and to establish uniformity, to the extent that it is reasonably possible, with federal enactments or regulations consistent with the respective parts of this chapter. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3]
HI Rev Stat § 486-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-3 Construction.

  §486-3 Construction. The license required by any part of this chapter shall be in addition to any other license required by law.  The operation and effect of any provision of the respective parts of this chapter conferring a general power shall not be impaired or qualified by the granting of a specific power or powers, and to that end each provision of the respective parts of this chapter shall be construed liberally.   If any provision of the respective parts of this chapter is in conflict with any statute, ordinance, rule or regulation, the provisions of this chapter shall take precedence. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3]
HI Rev Stat § 486-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-4 Measurement standards branch; administrator.

  §486-4 Measurement standards branch; administrator. There shall be a measurement standards branch within the department. The administrator shall enforce the board's rules and administer the branch and such technical and clerical personnel as are necessary to carry out this chapter, in accord with the power, authority and duties delegated by the board. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §10; am L 1997, c 163, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 486-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-5 Powers and duties of the administrator, and inspectors.

  §486-5 Powers and duties of the administrator, and inspectors. The administrator may delegate any of the administrator's authority, powers and duties to the inspectors or other measurement standards personnel when such delegation is deemed necessary for the efficient and effective enforcement of the respective parts of this chapter. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; gen ch 1992]
HI Rev Stat § 486-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-6 General powers and duties of board.

  §486-6 General powers and duties of board. The board shall have the custody of the state measurement standards including the other standards and equipment provided for by this chapter, and shall keep accurate records of the same. The board shall maintain such standards in a protective environment, as appropriate to such standards, and through the administrator and inspectors, shall enforce this chapter. The board shall have and maintain general supervision over the measurement standards proposed, established, or in use, and measures and measurement standards offered for sale, sold, or in use in the State. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §11]
HI Rev Stat § 486-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-8 to 22

  § §486-8 to 22  REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, § §23 to 37.
HI Rev Stat § 486-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-23 Investigations; power to subpoena.

  §486-23 Investigations; power to subpoena. The administrator shall investigate complaints deemed appropriate and advisable to develop information on prevailing procedures in commercial quantity determination and on possible violations of this chapter and to promote the general objective of accuracy in the determination and representation of quantity in commercial transactions. In the course of any investigation, the administrator is empowered to subpoena witnesses, examine them under oath, and require the production of books, papers, documents, records, or objects which the administrator deems relevant or material to the inquiry. Upon application by the administrator, compliance with the subpoena may be enforced by the circuit court in the county where the person subpoenaed resides or is found in the same manner as a subpoena issued by the clerk of a circuit court. In addition, the administrator may conduct hearings in aid of any investigation or inquiry. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §13]
HI Rev Stat § 486-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-24 Stop-use, stop-sale, hold, and removal orders.

  §486-24 Stop-use, stop-sale, hold, and removal orders. The administrator may issue citations and, incident thereto, stop-use, hold, and removal orders with respect to measures and measurement standards being, or susceptible of being, unlawfully used; and issue citations and, incident thereto, stop-sale, hold and removal orders with respect to packages or consumer commodities kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, or in process of delivery, whenever in the course of the administrator's enforcement of the law the administrator determines that such measure or measurement standard or packages or consumer commodities do not comply with this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder, and no person shall use, sell, remove, or move from the premises, as specified, any measure, measurement standard, package, or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use, stop-sale, hold, or removal order issued under this section. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §14]
HI Rev Stat § 486-25, 26, 26.5, 27, 28 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-25, 26, 26.5, 27, 28 REPEALED.

  § §486-25, 26, 26.5, 27, 28 REPEALED. L 1991, c 153, § §38 to 42.
HI Rev Stat § 486-29 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-29 Hindering or obstructing an officer or inspector; bribery; penalties.

  §486-29 Hindering or obstructing an officer or inspector; bribery; penalties. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way an inspector or any other officer or employee of this State in the performance of the inspector's, officer's, or employee's official duties prescribed by this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Any person who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector or any other officer or employee of this State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or any rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence the inspector, or other officer or employee of this State, in the discharge of any duty herein provided for, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Any inspector or other officer or employee of the State authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or any rule adopted under it who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, given with intent to influence the inspector's, officer's, or employee's official action, shall be summarily discharged from the inspector's, officer's, or employee's employment and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §15]
HI Rev Stat § 486-30 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice|486. Measurement Standards|486-30 Forgery; penalties.

  §486-30 Forgery; penalties. Any person who shall forge any official device, seal, or mark, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §16]