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COUNTY OF HAWAPI STATE OF HAWAI`I <br />OF IiA� <br />BILL NO. 82 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 25 7 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 9, OF THE HAWAVI <br />COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO <br />PEDESTRIANS, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAPI: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 24, article 9, section 24-249, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2016 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 24-249. [ ] Certain acts by <br />Pedestrians prohibited. <br />(a) [N"efse shall stand in a roadway for the ptit-pose eNo person may enter a <br />roadway, obstruct traffic, or approach moving vehicles for the purpose of: <br />(1) Receiving or soliciting [agile;] employment, [or] business, or any other good <br />or service from the occupant of any vehicleH, unless the vehicle is legally <br />stopped-, or <br />(2) Delivering or offering any employment, business, or other good or service to <br />the occupant of any vehicle, unless the vehicle is legally stopped. <br />For the purposes of this subsection: <br />"Good or service" does not include aid assistance or help provided or <br />rendered in an emergency or traffic accident. <br />(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not prohibit an individual from: <br />Using; sidewalks, areas adjacent to a roadway, or any other portion of the road <br />not ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, provided that the individual does not <br />obstruct traffic or approach moving vehicles:, or <br />(2) Holding a sign or engaging in any other protected speech activity in a location <br />that does not obstruct traffic. <br />(c) Notwithstanding an, ty hing: to the contrary, a person convicted of a violation of <br />subsection a is subject to: <br />(1) For any violation not within one year of a previous violation: <br />(A) A fine not less than $250 and not more than $1,000, <br />(B) Community service no less than eighteen hours nor more than seve«ty_ <br />one hours; or <br />C Both. <br />2 For aLiy violation within one year of a revious violation: <br />(A) A fine not less than $500 and not more than 1,000, <br />(B) Community service no less than thirty-six hours nor more than seventh <br />one hours; or <br />C Both. <br />