§237-6 "Contractor", "contracting", "federal cost-plus contractor", defined. "Contracting" means the business activities of a contractor.
"Contractor" includes, for purposes of this chapter:
"Federal cost-plus contractor" means a contractor having a contract with the United States or an instrumentality thereof, excluding national banks, where, by the terms of the contract, the United States or such instrumentality, excluding national banks, agrees to reimburse the contractor for the cost of material, plant, or equipment used in the performance of the contract and for taxes which the contractor may be required to pay with respect to such material, plant, or equipment, whether the contractor's profit is computed in the form of a fixed fee or on a percentage basis; and also means a subcontractor under such a contract, who also operates on a cost-plus basis. [L 1935, c 141, pt of §1; am L 1941, c 265, §1(b); am L 1943, c 81, §1(a); RL 1945, §5448; RL 1955, §117-7; am L 1965, c 201, §36; HRS §237-6; am L 1971, c 4, §1 and c 204, §3; am L 1984, c 60, §1; am L 2000, c 198, §2]