Haw. Code R. § 20-10-3

Current through September, 2024
Section 20-10-3 - Definitions
(a) As used in this chapter:

"Appeal" means a timely filed petition disputing the university's notification of delinquent financial obligation, including a request for hearing under subchapter 2 filed on the appropriate form.

"Board" means the board of regents of the university.

"Business office" means the primary business office which receives payments for tuition, fees, and other official charges on the campus at which the delinquent financial obligation occurred.

"Campus" refers to each of the following major organizational units of the University:

(1) University of Hawaii at Manoa, including the East-West Center and the Kakaako Campus;
(2) University of Hawaii at Hilo;
(3) University of Hawaii - West Oahu;
(4) Honolulu Community College;
(5) Kapiolani Community College;
(6) Leeward Community College;
(7) Windward Community College;
(8) Kauai Community College;
(9) University of Hawaii - Maui College;
(10) Hawaii Community College; and
(11) Any other major organizational unit of the university identified as a campus by the board.

"Chancellor" refers to the chief executive officer of the respective campus, and shall include their authorized designee.

"Claimant" means the university program which initiates the utilization of the setoff procedure provided in subchapter 3.

"Contested case" means the administrative case initiated by a person to contest the setoff under subchapter 3.

"Debtor" means any person who owes a debt to the university.

"Defaulted" means failure to make a scheduled installment payment on a promissory note or failure to comply with other terms of a promissory note.

"Delinquent" means being past due on student loan payments or failing to pay or establish a payment plan for other types of financial obligations by the established deadlines.

"Financial obligation" means any amount owed to the university.

"Hearing officer" means a person duly designated by the university to preside over a hearing under this chapter.

"Party" means any person that participates in an appeal hearing or a contested case hearing as a person filing the appeal, a business office, a debtor, or a claimant.

"Person" includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any trustee, assignee, receiver, or legal successor thereof.

"President" means the president of the university.

"Review" means an informal proceeding which affords a person an opportunity to present the person's case to a university staff member duly authorized under this chapter.

"Sanctions" means the range of penalties which the university may invoke in cases of delinquent financial obligations.

"Setoff" means the application of a person's income tax refund or any other sums due to the person from the State, to a valid debt due and owing the university pursuant to the authority granted by sections 231-51 to 231-59, HRS.

"University" means the University of Hawaii. Any of the provisions in this chapter which affect the standing of a person at any one campus also affect the standing or potential standing at all other campuses.

(b) Words of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter, and when the sense so indicates, words of the neuter gender may refer to any gender. Words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular.

Haw. Code R. § 20-10-3

[Eff 6/22/81; am 4/4/88; am and comp 5/9/98; am and comp DEC 12 2002] (Auth: HRS §§ 26-38, 91-2, 231-58) (Imp: HRS §§ 91-2, 91-9 to 91-13, 231-53)
[Am and Comp3/18/2018] (Auth: HRS §§ 304A-105, 304A-604) (Imp: HRS §§ 304A-105, 304A-602, 304A-604)
Am and comp 10/13/2022