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§ 18-90 HAWAI`I COUNTY CODE (d) Free fares. Fares shall be waived for the following: (1) Children under the age of five. (2) County of Hawaii employees who show a valid County employee identification card or badge. (3) Employees of any of the following contractors who currently have active and unexpired contracts with the mass transit agency and that provide the following services to the County: transit operational services, security services, travel training, paratransit eligibility services, or cleaning of transit vehicles or bus shelters. All contractors shall have a valid identification card or badge issued by the mass transit agency. (4) passengers designated by the mass transit administrator doing business for the mass transit agency by showing a pass issued by the mass transit agency. (5) eligible paratransit passengers riding fixed and flex route transit service and personal care attendants with a paratransit eligibility ID card issued by the mass transit agency. (5) Youth seeking assistance through the National Safe Place Program if the County of Hawaii is currently participating in such program. (e) Transfers (1) Passengers shall have unlimited transfers between buses within the time frame of the fare or pass purchased. A new fare shall be purchased when the fare or pass has expired. (2) There shall be no transfers between fixed route and ADA paratransit unless the passenger has been granted conditional eligibility based on the criteria set forth by the mass transit agency and the ADA which requires a transfer to the fixed route system. The passenger shall show his or her paratransit identification card to the fixed or flex route driver. (f) Paratransit service fares. Under the ADA, the fare for a trip charged to an ADA paratransit eligible passenger of the complementary paratransit service shall not exceed twice the fare that would be charged to a passenger paying full fare (i.e., without regard to discounts) for a trip of similar length, at a similar time of day, onthe County's fixed route system: (1) A one-way paratransit passenger fare shall be twice the fare of the current full fare(e.g., without any discounts) on the County's fixed-route system; (2) The fares for companions accompanying ADA paratransit eligible passengers,who are provided service under section 37.123 (f) of the ADA, shall be the same as for the ADA paratransit eligible passengers they are accompanying;and (3) A personal care attendant shall not be charged for complementary paratransit service. (g) Shared-ride fares. Shared-ride program fares shall be subsidized at the following rates in accordance with the following schedule: Subsidy Rate Subsidy Rate I Up to $15.80 Should the subsidy rate be exceeded, the passenger shall cover the additional cost based on the fare schedule as defined in Section 18-49 for taxicabs or as defined by transportation network companies or "TNC". 18-33 SUPP. 1 (1-2017)