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SECTION 3. Chapter 15, article 2, division 1, section 15-20, of the Hawaii County <br />Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 15-20. [ ] Hitchhiking and [fig;] <br />commercial activities; exceptions. <br />[(a) Begging is prohibited.-] <br />[(b)](a) Hitchhiking or the soliciting of transportation is prohibited. <br />[(O](b) Commercial [s„ l ieiti g of any kind . ,;+h eut ^ , mit ; o hibited <br />pr-ovided, that this seeti ,,, shall not apply to tr-a saeti ns with <br />thee- zed ^ ^ s.] activity without a permit is prohibited; <br />provided, that this section shall not apply to transactions with <br />authorized concessionaires. Commercial activity includes, but is not <br />limited to, the exchange or buying and selling of commodities; the <br />providing of services related to or connected with the trade, traffic or <br />commerce in general; any activity performed by the commercial <br />operator or its employees or agents in connection with the delivery of <br />such commodities or services. Commercial activity does not include <br />commercial speech or the distribution of handbills." <br />SECTION 4. Chapter 15, article 3, section 15-35, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 <br />(2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 15-35. Public [assemblies and meetin assembly; permit <br />required; exception. <br />O As used in this section, "expressive activities" means speech or <br />conduct, the principal object of which is the expression, <br />dissemination, or communication by verbal, visual, literary, or <br />auditory means of political, religious philosophical, or ideological <br />opinions, views, or ideas and for which no fee is charged or required <br />as a condition of the participation in or attendance at such activity. <br />Expressive activity generally would not include sports events, <br />fundraising events, beauty contests, commercial events, cultural <br />celebrations or other events where the principal purpose is <br />entertainment. <br />[(a)](b)Public meetings, assemblies, gatherings, demonstrations, parades, <br />and other [publie expressions of vie ] expressive activities are <br />permitted within park areas on lands which are open to the general <br />public, provided a permit [the fe faf has ] issued by the director <br />shall be required when the public meeting, assembly, gathering <br />demonstration, parade or expressive activity involves seventy-five or <br />more persons. <br />RA <br />