Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 15 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM › Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism › Chapter 106 - CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15-106-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
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.