2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 24. Insurance
432C. Nonprofit Entities; Conversion of Assets
432C-1 Definitions.
§432C-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter:
"Commissioner" means the insurance commissioner.
"Conversion" means the transfer or sale of a significant amount of a nonprofit entity's assets to a for-profit entity or through any other means as determined by the commissioner. The department of commerce and consumer affairs' business registration division shall assist the commissioner in determining whether a conversion is about to occur or has occurred. As used in this definition, "significant" means twenty per cent or more of the assets of the nonprofit entity or an amount where the for-profit entity gains control or majority ownership of total assets of the nonprofit entity.
"For-profit entity" means a corporation organized under chapter 414, including a stock insurance company.
"Nonprofit entity" means any charitable organization operating pursuant to Title 26 United States Code section 501(c)(3), (4), (8), (9), (26), or 501(e), and whose primary purpose is to provide accident and health or sickness insurance coverage or any type of accident and health or sickness insurance benefits to its members or the public. [L 1998, c 260, pt of §2; am L 2002, c 40, §74; am L 2003, c 212, §124]
