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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />BIM.. N~. 353 <br />(Drift 2) <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE <br />1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PUBLIC <br />TRANSPORTATION. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Article 2, Division 3, Section 18-49, of the <br />Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition, as amended), is amended to read as <br />follows: <br />Section 18-49. Schedule of fares. <br />(a) No driver or owner of a taxicab while operating the taxicab within <br />the County shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a fare other <br />than that based on the following schedule, except as provided by <br />this section: <br />(1) Initial meter actuation shall equal $3 and shall entitle <br />customer to one-eighth of a mile or less, or one minute <br />waiting or elapsed time or less. <br />(2) Thereafter, [~0] forty cents for each additional one-eighth of <br />a mile or fraction thereof. <br />(3) [Thi+~y] Forty cents for each additional one minute of waiting <br />or elapsed time or fraction thereof. <br />(b) Where a taximeter is designed to calculate fares upon the basis of <br />a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed, as provided in <br />section 18-44 the rates of fare upon the combination of mileage <br />traveled and time elapsed shall be the same fixed by subsection <br />. (a)~ <br />(c) The foregoing rates or charges shall be subject to the following <br />exceptions and conditions whichever the case may be: <br />(1) Fares are only applicable to the use of the taxicabs when <br />actually occupied by or standing at the direction of the <br />passenger for hire or when occupied by parcels, baggage or <br />property transported for hire; provided that no charges shall <br />be made for the use of a taxicab for hire except as provided <br />herein. <br />