Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS › Chapter 605 - WATER CARRIERS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16-605-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
				  otherwise:
"Basic tariff" means the current tariff on file with the
				  commission. A basic tariff may be added to from time to time through
				  supplements.
"Certificate of public convenience and necessity" means a
				  certificate to operate as a water carrier, issued by the commission pursuant to
				  sections
				  269-20
				  and
				  271G-10,
				  HRS.
"Commission" means the public utilities commission of the
				  State.
"Commodity rate" means the specific rate applicable to a
				  commodity, as described in a tariff.
"Consumer advocate" means the executive director of the
				  division of consumer advocacy of the department of commerce and consumer
				  affairs.
"General rate increase" means a partial or flat increase in
				  the general level of the rates or charges for revenue purposes or to increase
				  the rate of return. None of the following constitutes a general rate
				  increase:
(1) Establishment of a fare, rate, or charge for a new
				  service;
(2) Adjustment of or a change in a particular fare, rate, or
				  charge for the purpose of eliminating inequities, preferences, or
				  discrimination; or
(3) Increase in fares, rates, or charges resulting from a
				  commission-approved automatic rate adjustment clause or cost recovery
				  mechanism.
"HRS" means the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
"Issuing carrier or agent" means the water carrier or person
				  authorized by the water carrier to issue and publish tariffs on behalf of the
				  carrier.
"Joint routes and rates" mean routes and rates that result
				  from two or more water carriers, or from a water carrier and motor carrier,
				  providing transportation service over a route at a through rate.
"Major accounts" mean those accounts as defined in the
				  commission's Uniform System of Accounts for Water Common Carriers that
				  represent large or general classes of financial statement items.
"Person" means the same as in section
				  271G-5, HRS.
"Point of destination" means the precise location where
				  property is delivered into the custody of the consignee or its agent.
"Point of origin" means the precise location where property
				  is delivered into the custody of the water carrier by the consignor or its
				  agent.
"Rate" means the same as in section
				  271G-5, HRS.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"Supplement" means an addition or additions to the basic
				  tariff.
"Symbol" means an identifying mark or letter to denote
				  changes to a tariff.
"Tariff" means a schedule of rates, fares, charges,
				  classifications, and sailings and the rules, regulations, and practices
				  affecting any rate, fare, charge, classification, or sailing. It includes the
				  schedules in a basic tariff and in supplements. As the context requires,
				  "tariff" also means the specific rates, fares, or charges imposed in a
				  schedule.
"Tariff change" or "tariff revision" means any change,
				  revision, or addition to or deletion of a tariff.
"Through rate" means a single rate or combination of rates
				  that determines the charge from a point of origin to a point of
				  destination.
"Water carrier" or "common carrier by water" means the same
				  as in section
				  271G-5, HRS.