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�JM4yIfuF H1�4 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII 'ElE GF'H�� BILL NO. 75 ORDINANCE NO. 25 7 1 L AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO.22-94 AND AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 1, SECTION 18-90, OF THE HAWAFI COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO FARES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAIII: SECTION 1. Findings and purpose. The Council finds that the temporary suspension of fares for all riders using any mass transit service owned, maintained, or operated by the County, excluding County -contracted shared -ride services and County -operated curb -to -curb van services operated by the Department of Parks and Recreation, will expire on December 31, 2025. This ordinance extends the temporary fare suspension for three more years, until December 31, 2028. The County Mass Transit Agency received grant funds from the State of Hawai` i, through its Department of Transportation, as a subrecipient to the United States Department of Transportation, through its Federal Transit Administration. The grant funds received will be used by the Mass Transit Agency to cover operational costs for the duration of the fare suspension. This ordinance is intended to remove barriers to riding public transit, to provide sufficient time to implement a micro -transit program, and to continue to build upon ridership, SECTION 2. Chapter 18, article 4, division 1, section 18-90, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: "(h) Suspension of fares; non -applicability to some services; terminates December 31, [202&:] 2028. (1) All fares established by this section shall be suspended through December 31, [2925:] 2028. Riders boarding and alighting any mass transit service owned, maintained, or operated by the County, shall ride free of charge. (2) This subsection shall not apply to County -contracted shared -ride services and County -operated curb -to -curb van services operated by the department of parks and recreation. (3) The suspension of fares shall automatically terminate on December 31, [202-5-,] 2028, unless extended by the council. (4) Each year, no later than July 30 after the close of the fiscal year, the mass transit administrator shall provide a report to the council regarding the performance of the mass transit system, including passenger trips carried by route, comparison to the prior year and any other service performance data requested by the council to evaluate the suspension of fares prescribed by this subsection."