Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Hawaii Public Housing Authority › Chapter 2032 - RESIDENT ADVISORY BOARD › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-2032-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise
					 specifically defined:
"Authority" means the Hawaii public housing authority as
					 defined by section
					 356D-2,
					 HRS.
"Board" means the board of directors of the Hawaii public
					 housing authority as defined by section
					 356D-2,
					 HRS.
"C.F.R." means the United States Code of Federal
					 Regulations.
"Chairperson" means the duly selected chair of the resident
					 advisory board.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the
					 authority or the executive director's designated representative.
"Government" includes the State and the United States and
					 any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise,
					 of the United States.
"Government record" means information maintained by an
					 agency in written, auditory, visual, electronic, or other physical form as
					 defined in section
					 92F-3,
					 HRS.
"Governor" means the duly elected governor of the State of
					 Hawaii whose office was created by Article V of the Constitution of the State
					 of Hawaii.
"HRS" means the Hawaii revised statutes.
"Legislature" means the legislature of the State of Hawaii,
					 which was created pursuant to Article III of the Constitution of the State of
					 Hawaii.
"Meetings" means the convening of the resident advisory
					 board following due notice as prescribed under chapter
					 92, HRS.
"Party" means any person permitted or entitled as of right
					 to participate in a proceeding before the resident advisory board.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
					 association through a representative, or public or private organization of any
					 character other than the resident advisory board.
"Proceeding" refers to any matter brought before the
					 resident advisory board for action following due consideration of the
					 objectives, goals, policies, and all related matters of the resident advisory
					 board.
"Public housing agency plan" means the authority's public
					 housing agency plan that is prepared pursuant to 24 C.F.R. Part
					 §903.
"Public housing project" means a federal housing project
					 directly controlled, owned, developed, or managed by the authority pursuant to
					 subpart A of part II of chapter
					 356D, HRS.
"Public housing resident" means any household member of a
					 public housing project, who is eighteen years of age or older, whose name
					 appears on the rental agreement, and is in compliance with the rental
					 agreement.
"Rental agreement" means the agreement or contract
					 containing the terms and conditions of occupancy of a dwelling unit entered
					 into by the tenant and authority.
"Resident council" means an association of public housing
					 residents in a federal project assisted by the authority, which has met the
					 requirements of 24 C.F.R. Part 964.
"Resident advisory board" means the resident advisory board
					 or boards established pursuant to section
					 356D-5,
					 HRS.
"Resident members" means the members of the resident
					 advisory board as defined in section
					 356D-5,
					 HRS.
"Rules" means these rules.
"Staff" means the employed personnel or agents of the
					 authority.
"Tenant-based Section 8 recipient" means any recipient of
					 tenant-based housing assistance authorized by the United States Department of
					 Housing and Urban Development and administered by the authority, who is
					 eighteen years of age or older, whose name appears on the rental agreement, and
					 who is in compliance with the rental agreement.