HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 279 Draft 02 2002-2004 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 279
DRAFT 2
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 16 OF THE HAWAII
COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), ADMINISTRATION, RELATING TO
TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this measure is to increase the allowable daily rental cost of U-
drive cars and parking charges from $50.00 to $75.00.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2, article 16, section 2-97, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995
edition), relating to other allowable travel expenses, is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-97. Other allowable expenses.
(a) Other allowable expenses include airfare, ground transportation (including tips), airport
parking, business telephone calls, secretarial fees, registration fees, mileage claim for use of
a private automobile and any expense relating to the conduct of official business.
(b) Rental cost of U-drive cars and parking charges shall not exceed $75 [$59} a day. U-
drive cars may be used for personal business incidental to official travel; e.g., driving to
restaurant for meals. The department head shall assure that funds are available and that
rental is necessary and cost is reasonable.
(c) Air travel shall be on commercial airlines at the economy class by the most direct route
to and from the points specified in the travel authorization; provided that inter-island and
intra-county travel by noncommercial and nonscheduled private aircraft (owned or rented) is
authorized under the following conditions:
(1) The pilot must possess a current private pilot's certificate issued by the
Federal Aviation Administration;
(2) The aircraft must possess a current certificate of airworthiness issued by
the Federal Aviation Administration;
(3) The aircraft must carry the following liability insurance:
(A) Bodily injury liability (excluding passenger) - $100,000 for
each person and $300,000 for each occurrence.
(B) Property damage liability- $100,000 for each occurrence.
(C) Passenger bodily injury insurance $100,000 for each person.
(D) The County of Hawaii shall be named as additional insured under
the policy.
(4) Payment for such travel by private aircraft shall be made at rates that traveler would
have had to pay had he traveled on scheduled, commercial airlines. Additional
passengers will be paid the difference between the first traveler's payment and the
operating cost of the privately owned aircraft or rental cost of a rented aircraft.
SECTION 3. Material to be deleted is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this
ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other 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 declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
[NTRODUCED BY:
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C CIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
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REFERENCE: Comm.