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P UBLIC T RANSPORTATION §18-48 Section 18-48. Repair and testing of defective meter. (a) If, upon the required inspection, the State division of measurements standards finds that a taximeter is not calculating and registering a fare in conformity with the rates set forth in this article, no person shall operate the taxicab for business purposes or permit the taxicab to be operated until its taximeter is repaired, inspected, tested, and found to be calculating and registering a fare in conformity with the rates set forth in this article and a seal is placed thereon. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the replacement of a taximeter with another which conforms with this article. (1983 CC, c 18, art 2, sec 18-48.)18-48 Section 18-49. Schedule of fares. (a) No driver or owner of a taxicab while operating the taxicab within the County shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a fare other than that based on the following schedule, except as provided by this section: (1) Initial meter actuation shall equal $3 and shall entitle customer to one-eighth of a mile or less, or one minute waiting or elapsed time or less. (2) Thereafter, 40 cents for each additional one-eighth of a mile or fraction thereof. (3) Forty cents for each additional one minute of waiting or elapsed time or fraction thereof. (b) Where a taximeter is designed to calculate fares upon the basis of a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed, as provided in section 18-44 the rates of fare upon the combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed shall be the same as fixed by subsection (a). (c) The foregoing rates or charges shall be subject to the following exceptions and conditions whichever the case may be: (1) Fares are only applicable to the use of the taxicabs when actually occupied by or standing at the direction of the passenger for hire or when occupied by parcels, baggage or property transported for hire; provided that no other charges shall be made for the use of a taxicab for hire except as provided herein. (2) A driver, owner or lessee who owns, operates, controls or dispatches a taxicab may give a discount to handicapped persons, senior citizens, or students. Such discount shall not exceed twenty percent of the meter fare. (3) The driver, owner or lessee of a taxicab may waive the baggage charges prescribed in section 18-52. (d) This section shall not apply when a taxicab or taxicab company is carrying passengers under a County-sponsored public transit program. (e) The schedule of fares may be evaluated on an annual basis, no later than June 30 of each year, to make a determination of either proposed increase or decrease to the current taxi fares. (1983 CC, c 18, art 2, sec 18-49; am 1988, ord 88-19, sec 1; ord 88-39, sec 1; am 1990, ord 90-19, sec 13; ord 90-37, sec 4; am 1996, Ord. 96-161, sec 1; am 2005, ord 05-24, sec 1; am 2008, ord 08-149, sec 1.)18-49 18-23