§174-2  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 land within a project and any amount
charged to the State or to the Hawaiian homes commission for the purpose of
acquiring, establishing, or maintaining land or water facilities.



"Board" means the board of land and
natural resources.



"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 a 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 herein means such lease,
tenancy, purchase or homestead agreement; "lessor" wherever used
herein includes the lessor, landlord, seller, or State as grantor of the
homestead; and "lessee" wherever used herein includes the lessee,
tenant, purchaser, or homesteader under such lease or other agreement, as the
case may be.



"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 or to land occupiers.



"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 economic development, under this chapter.



"Water tolls" means any charges
established by the board for water supplied by it to the State, the Hawaiian
homes commission, and land occupiers. [L 1961, c 166, pt of §3; Supp, §86-2;
HRS §174-2; am L 1987, c 306, §4]