Haw. Code R. § 17-2032-2
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.
Haw. Code R. § 17-2032-2