Haw. Code R. § 15-37-2
As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context:
"Authorized to do business in the State" means a domestic or foreign profit corporation incorporated under chapter 414, HRS; domestic general partnership or foreign general partnership incorporated under chapter 425, HRS; domestic limited partnership or domestic limited liability partnership incorporated under chapter 425E, HRS; foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability partnership incorporated under chapter 425E, HRS; domestic limited liability company or foreign limited liability company incorporated under chapter 428, HRS; a domestic limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership incorporated under chapter 425, HRS; or a sole proprietorship.
"County" or "counties" means the City and County of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui.
"DBEDT" means the State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
"Department" means the State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
"Director" means the director of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
"Family" means any group of people, which may include children, living together as a unit.
"HRS" means Hawaii Revised Statutes, the laws of the State of Hawaii, which were passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor or allowed to become law without signature.
"Program" means the state solar water heater variance program authorized by section 196-6.5, HRS.
"Qualified professional" means any architect or mechanical engineer licensed to do business in the State, which is:
(1) Subject to the state corporate or individual income tax under chapter 235, HRS; and
(2) Engaged in design or engineering of a Hawaii single family dwelling.
"Representative" is a person who submits a "Request for Variance from the Mandatory Solar Water Heater Law" on behalf of and with the consent of the homeowner or future homeowner.
"Request" means a valid "Request for Variance from the Mandatory Solar Water Heater Law" form.
"Requestor" is a homeowner or homeowner's representative requesting a Solar Water Heating Variance.
"Single family dwelling" means a building designed for one family to live in. This excludes duplexes, triplexes, apartments, condominiums, and other structures built for multiple families.
"Solar water heater" is a device in which water is heated by the sun to provide domestic hot water. Most solar water heater systems in Hawaii use a series of large glass and metal panels containing a metal pipe winding itself inside. The panels are usually installed on a building's roof. The heated water is usually stored in a large tank (eighty gallons or more). In an active system, an electric pump pumps the water from the supply pipe through the pipe that runs through the panels and into the storage tank. In a passive system, the heated water moves through the pipe through natural convection.
"State" means the State of Hawaii.
"SWHV" is a 'solar water heater variance," a request to be exempt from HRS section 196-6.5, which requires a solar water heating system for new single-family residential construction.
"Valid form" is a template, usually in Microsoft "Word" or an online form for the "Request for Variance from the Mandatory Solar Water Heater Law" that is designated by the State to be the most recent version that complies with state requirements.
Haw. Code R. § 15-37-2