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BILL NO. 190
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18,ARTICLE 4, SECTION 18-90 OF THE
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), RELATING TO
FARES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Findings and purpose. The Hawaii County Council, in amending
Section 18-90, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), temporarily
suspends the fares for all mass transit fixed routes and paratransit services until December
31, 2025. This ordinance establishes a temporary suspension of fares for all riders using
the mass transit service owned, maintained, or operated by the County, excluding County-
contracted shared-ride services and County-operated curb-to-curb van services operated by
the Department of Parks and Recreation. The County Mass Transit Agency has received
grant funds from the State of Hawaii, through its Department of Transportation as a
subrecipient to the United States Department of Transportation, through its Federal Transit
Administration. The grant funds received will be used by the Mass Transit Agency to
cover the operational costs of the temporary suspension in services until December 31,
2025. This ordinance is intended to remove barriers to riding public transit, boost and
rebuild ridership, and keep frontline employees and riders safer and socially distanced from
each other by eliminating the exchange of fares.
SECTION 2. Chapter 18, article 4, section 18-90, of the Hawaii County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as
follows:
"(h) Suspension of fares; non-applicability to some services; terminates December
31, [242-3-] 2025.
(1) All fares established by this section shall be suspended [fifteen days—meter
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boarding and alighting any mass transit service owned, maintained, or
operated by the County, shall ride free of charge.
(2) This subsection shall not apply to County-contracted shared-ride services[,]
and County-operated curb-to-curb van services operated by the department
of parks and recreation[, or ('+^untter operated n fixed b a a
in partnership with non profit organizations .
(3) The suspension of fares shall automatically terminate on December 31,
[2423;] 2025, unless extended by the council.
(4) Each year, no later than July 30 after the close of the fiscal year, the mass
transit administrator shall provide a report to the council regarding the
performance of the mass transit system, including passenger trips carried by
route, comparison to the prior year and any other service performance data
requested by the council to evaluate the suspension of fares prescribed by
this subsection."
SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and
underscoring need not be included.
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SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other
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provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval; provided that on
December 31, 2025, subsection 18-90(h) shall be repealed and section 18-90, Hawaii 3
County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), shall be reenacted in the form in which it
read on the day prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 22-12.
INTRODUCED BY:
VV COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REEEREINCE Comm. 871
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