HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 057 Draft 01 2008-2010 OFFICE INFORMATION ONLY
Meeting: Finance Committee - May 19, 2009
Action: Withdrawn on the floor by introducer (Dominic Yagong)
Re: Bill 57 (Comm. 222) (2008 -2010)
COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION 1, SECTION 18-
90, SUBSECTION (H), HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS
AMENDED), RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L•
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, article 4, division 1, section 18-90, Hawaii County Code
1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
"(h) Island-wide transportation [€ree] kokua zone.
(1) The purpose of this subsection is to provide the public with a transportation
alternative to the private automobile. The provision of an effective public
transportation system [r„~ ."e ~o^:ao„,.. ,.F.",. r,....... ,.F u....,..:~:] will produce
economic, social, and lifestyle benefits for the residents of Hawaii County. The
distances residents must travel for work, medical, education, and social needs will
be alleviated by providing public transportation at [rre] a reduced cost to the user.
(2) The County of Hawaii shall be designated a transportation kokua zone. Riders
boarding and alighting any regularly scheduled bus route operated by the [may
ef-I=Iawai-i] Coun or its designee shall [~~''° F °° ^r ^"°~^° ] be char eg d a
nominal fee of $1 per ride effective July 1, 2009, through .Tune 30, 2010.
(3) The transportation kokua zone shall not apply to County contracted shared-ride
taxi services, County operated [^~~~"~a.~=~-~;z".] curb-to-curb van services, or County
operated non-scheduled bus services.
(4) The County wide transportation kokua zone shall terminate on [n~,~~
~~] June 30, 2010, unless amended by the council.
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and sixty days prior to June 30, 2010, the transit administrator shall report to the
council on the impact of the implementation of this amended transportation kokua
zone."
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 Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBE O Y F HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of Is` Reading:
Date of 2"d Reading:
Effective Date:
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