Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Hawaii Public Housing Authority › Chapter 2000 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-2000-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise
					 specifically defined:
"Authority" means the Hawaii public housing
					 authority.
"Board" means the board of directors of the Hawaii public
					 housing authority as defined by section
					 356D-3,
					 HRS .
"Bylaws" means, pursuant to chapter
					 91, HRS, the legal instrument under
					 which the authority conducts its organization, internal management, and
					 effectuates its purposes, powers, and programs.
"Chairperson" means the duly selected chair of the board of
					 the authority or a designated representative.
"Declaratory relief" means the authority's declaration as
					 to the applicability or non-applicability with respect to a factual situation
					 of any rule or order of the authority or of a statute which the authority is
					 required to administer or enforce.
"Directors" means the members of the board of directors as
					 defined in section
					 356D-3,
					 HRS, and the bylaws of the authority.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the
					 authority or the executive director's designated representative.
"Government record" means information maintained by an
					 agency in written, auditory, visual, electronic, or other physical form as
					 defined in section
					 92F-3, HRS
					 .
"Hearings officer" means any person, duly appointed and
					 authorized by the board to hold a hearing for the purpose of taking evidence or
					 oral argument and making a recommended decision in any matter before the
					 board.
"Meetings" means the convening of the board following due
					 notice as prescribed under chapter
					 92, HRS, and the bylaws of the
					 authority.
"Officers of the authority" means the same as contained in
					 the authority's bylaws.
"Party" means the authority, if named, permitted, or
					 entitled as of right to participate in a proceeding, each person named in a
					 proceeding, or any person permitted or entitled as of right to participate in a
					 proceeding before the authority in the capacity of a petitioner, claimant,
					 respondent, intervener, or in a capacity other than that of a witness.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, authority,
					 association through a representative, or public or private organization of any
					 character other than the authority.
"Petition" means an application to the authority by a party
					 which seeks relief under these rules.
"Petitioner" means a party who initiates a
					 proceeding.
"Practice and procedures" means these rules of practice and
					 procedures before the authority.
"Proceeding" refers to any matter brought before the
					 authority or the board for action following due consideration of the
					 objectives, goals, policies, and all related matters of the authority.
"Respondent" means the party against whom a petition is
					 filed, the party against whom relief is sought or, any party who contests or
					 controverts a proceeding.
"Rule relief" means the adoption, modification, or repeal
					 of any rule by the authority.
"Rules" pursuant to chapter
					 91, HRS, refers to adopted rules of
					 each program administered by the authority.