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STATE OF HAWAII
BIM.. N~. 353
(Drift 2)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE
1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Article 2, Division 3, Section 18-49, of the
Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition, as amended), is amended to read as
follows:
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, [~0] forty cents for each additional one-eighth of
a mile or fraction thereof.
(3) [Thi+~y] 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 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 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 aCounty-sponsored public transit
program.
~ The schedule of fares may be evaluated on an annual basis, no
later than June thirty (30) of each year, to make a determination of
either proposed increase or decrease to the current taxi fares.
SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INT DUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, U HAWAII
Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE: Comm. 1439.1
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