Definitions
HRS §271G-5
in effect271G-5. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
"Certificate" means a certificate of
public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter to common carriers
by water.
"Chapter" means this Water Carrier
Law.
"Commission" means the public
utilities commission.
"Document" includes any application,
complaint, pleading, brief, answer, motion,
memorandum, declaration, exhibit, certificate of service, and other papers
filed by or with the commission.
"Enforcement officer" means any
person employed and authorized by the commission to investigate any matter on
behalf of the commission.
"Person" or "persons" means
any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or
joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or
personal representative thereof.
"Rates" includes rates, fares, tolls,
rentals, and charges of whatever kind and nature unless the context indicates
otherwise.
"Related companies" means companies
or persons that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
control, or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the water
carrier. The term "control", in reference to a relationship between
any person or persons and another person or persons, includes actual as well as
legal control, and indirect as well as direct control.
"Transportation of persons" includes
every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort, or
convenience of persons transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of
these persons and their baggage.
"Transportation of property" includes
every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of
property, including in particular its receipt, and delivery, carriage,
preservation, and all incidental services affecting these activities.
"Vessel" means any watercraft or
other artificial contrivance of whatever description that is used, or capable
of being used, or intended to be used, as a means of transportation by water.
"Water carrier" or "common
carrier by water" means any person who holds oneself out to the general
public as engaging in the transportation by water of passengers or property for
compensation within the State or between points within the State.
[L 1974, c
94, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 57, §3; am L 2020, c 70, §22; am L
2023, c 205, §6]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0271G/HRS_0271G-0005.htmFetched: 11/10/2026