§210D-2  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter:



"Community-based economic
development" means a community institution-building process that results
in community-based enterprises and other economic development activities which
are designed and implemented by a community; consistent with a community's
values, culture, and vision; and intended to increase community control over
local resources and decision-making processes.



"Community-based organization" means
a membership-based, nonprofit corporation incorporated in the State of Hawaii
that is organized and controlled by either a geographic community, a community
of identity, or a community of interest and which is directly involved in
community-based economic development activities.



"Community of identity" means a group
of people who may not live in the same geographic area but who are bound
together through a common ethnicity or other personal characteristic such as
age or social status.



"Community of interest" means a group
of people who may not live in the same geographic area but who are bound
together through a common economic interest such as coffee growers or an
aquaculture cooperative.



"Council" means the community-based
economic development advisory council.



"Department" means the department of business,
economic development, and tourism. [L 1990, c 111, pt of §2; am L 1996, c 192,
§3; am L 2009, c 124, §2]