Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 20 - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII › Subtitle 1 - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS › Chapter 10 - DELINQUENT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS › Subchapter 1 - RULES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY › Section 20-10-3 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
(a) As used in this chapter:
"Appeal" means a timely filed petition disputing the
					 university's notification of delinquent financial obligation, including a
					 request for hearing under subchapter
					 2 filed on the appropriate form.
"Board" means the board of regents of the
					 university.
"Business office" means the primary business office which
					 receives payments for tuition, fees, and other official charges on the campus
					 at which the delinquent financial obligation occurred.
"Campus" refers to each of the following major
					 organizational units of the University:
(1) University of Hawaii at Manoa, including
				  the East-West Center and the Kakaako Campus;
(2) University of Hawaii at Hilo;
(3) University of Hawaii - West
				  Oahu;
(4) Honolulu Community
				  College;
(5) Kapiolani Community
				  College;
(6) Leeward Community
				  College;
(7) Windward Community
				  College;
(8) Kauai Community
				  College;
(9) University of Hawaii -
				  Maui College;
(10) Hawaii Community
				  College; and
(11) Any other major
				  organizational unit of the university identified as a campus by the board.
"Chancellor" refers to the chief executive officer of the
					 respective campus, and shall include their authorized designee.
"Claimant" means the university program which initiates the
					 utilization of the setoff procedure provided in subchapter
					 3.
"Contested case" means the administrative case initiated by
					 a person to contest the setoff under subchapter
					 3.
"Debtor" means any person who owes a debt to the
					 university.
"Defaulted" means failure to make a scheduled installment
					 payment on a promissory note or failure to comply with other terms of a
					 promissory note.
"Delinquent" means being past due on student loan payments
					 or failing to pay or establish a payment plan for other types of financial
					 obligations by the established deadlines.
"Financial obligation" means any amount owed to the
					 university.
"Hearing officer" means a person duly designated by the
					 university to preside over a hearing under this chapter.
"Party" means any person that participates in an appeal
					 hearing or a contested case hearing as a person filing the appeal, a business
					 office, a debtor, or a claimant.
"Person" includes any individual, corporation, partnership,
					 association, or any trustee, assignee, receiver, or legal successor
					 thereof.
"President" means the president of the university.
"Review" means an informal proceeding which affords a
					 person an opportunity to present the person's case to a university staff member
					 duly authorized under this chapter.
"Sanctions" means the range of penalties which the
					 university may invoke in cases of delinquent financial obligations.
"Setoff" means the application of a person's income tax
					 refund or any other sums due to the person from the State, to a valid debt due
					 and owing the university pursuant to the authority granted by sections
					 231-51 to
					 231-59,
					 HRS.
"University" means the University of Hawaii. Any of the
					 provisions in this chapter which affect the standing of a person at any one
					 campus also affect the standing or potential standing at all other
					 campuses.