[§167-2]  Definitions.  The following
terms, whenever used and referred to in this chapter, have the following
respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context:



"Acreage assessments" means any levy
imposed pursuant to this chapter on the agricultural and pasture land within an
irrigation project and any amount charged to the State or to the Hawaiian homes
commission for the purpose of acquiring, establishing, or maintaining
irrigation facilities for an irrigation project.



"Agricultural land" means that
portion of the land of a land occupier lying within an existing or proposed
irrigation project and of such location and character as may be profitably
employed in the growing of irrigated crops; and "pasture land" means
that portion of the land of a land occupier lying within an existing or
proposed irrigation project and of such location and character as may be
suitable with the use of water for irrigated pasture and may be profitably
employed in the production of livestock or poultry.



"Board" means the board of
agriculture.



"Farming" means agricultural
pursuits, including the care and production of livestock and poultry, engaged
in by a land occupier owning or leasing land, within any existing or proposed
irrigation project.



"Government" includes the State and
the United States and any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality,
corporate or otherwise, of either of them.



"Land occupier" means the owner or in
the case of leased land, the lessee of lands lying within an irrigation project
organized or to be organized under this chapter.



"Leased land", "leasehold",
and similar expressions wherever used in this chapter shall be deemed to
include land subject to and held under lease or other tenancy, purchase or
homestead agreement; "lease" wherever used in this chapter means such
lease, tenancy, purchase, or homestead agreement; "lessor" wherever
used in this chapter includes the lessor, landlord, seller, or State as grantor
of the homestead; and "lessee" wherever used in this chapter includes
the lessee, tenant, purchaser, or homesteader under such lease or other
agreement, as the case may be.



"Project" or "irrigation
project" means an area, contiguous or noncontiguous, established under
this chapter within which water is supplied to the State or the Hawaiian homes
commission for the development and opening of lands for farming or to land
occupiers engaged in farming.



"Water facility" includes all real
and personal property, together with all improvements to the same, acquired or
constructed pursuant to a plan or undertaking to provide water within a project
for irrigation under this chapter.



"Water tolls" means any charges
established by the board for irrigation water supplied by it to the State, the
Hawaiian homes commission, and land occupiers. [L 1987, c 306, pt of §1]