Chapter 18 Public Transportation

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§ 18-37.1 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE (3) Upon payment of fees required by this section, the director of finance shall issue a decal to be placed on the left side of the rear bumper as evidence that current fees have been paid. When a decal is lost, stolen or mutilated, a replacement shall be issued upon collection of a fee of $1. (d) Surrender and cancellation. (1) The holder of a taxicab license shall immediately surrender said license and decal to the director of finance when the taxicab license thereunder has not been used to carry passengers for hire for a consecutive period of thirty days. (2) The above period shall be extended to a total of one hundred eighty days if the nonuse is caused by the vacation, illness or injury of the regular taxicab driver or due to the delay of repair due to parts or receipt of a replacement taxicab. (3) Upon surrender, the taxicab license shall be cancelled. (e) License revocation or suspension. (1) Any taxicab license issued pursuant to this article may be suspended or revoked by the commission after a hearing held in compliance with section 18-11 of this chapter and chapter 91, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, whenever the holder of the taxicab license fails to comply with the requirements of any section of this article. (2) Any taxicab license issued pursuant to this article may be suspended for up to thirty days by the director for violations of this article. Within the thirty-day suspension period, the commission shall conduct a hearing to either uphold or rescind the actions of the director. (f) Use of fees. Annual license fees collected pursuant to this section shall be used exclusively for enforcement of County taxi industry regulations. (1990, ord 90-19, sec 15; am 1997, ord 97-127, sec 2.)18-37.1 Section 18-37.2. Establishment of road taxi stands. The council may establish road taxi stands on public streets and County-controlled facilities upon recommendation of the commission. The commission shall study and recommend to the council the site placement of such stands. The director shall issue, upon application therefor on forms furnished by the director and upon the payment of annual fees as hereinafter provided, permits for the parking of taxicabs. All permits issued under this section shall be valid for a permit year commencing with the first day of July. A permit, deemed granted upon approval of the application, shall expire on June 30 of the permit year issued. However, an application for the renewal of such permit for the following year may be made on or after the first day of June and approval thereof may be granted upon the payment of the permit fee. The permit shall be evidenced by an appropriate decal furnished by the director which shall be placed on the left side of the rear bumper adjacent to the taxicab license decal. 18-14