HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 350 Draft 01 1996-1998 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 350
ORDINANCE NO. 96 1Fi:1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 2, DNISION 3, SECTION
18-49(a), OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO
TAXIMETERS AND FARES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION ] . Chapter 18, Article 2, Division 3, Section 18-49(a), of the Hawaii County
Code 1983 995 Edition), is hereby amended as follows:
"Section 18-49(a). 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:
Q) Initial meter actuation shall equal $2 and shall entitle customer to one-eigth of a
mile or less, or one minute waiting or elapsed time or less.
(2) Thereafter, [20] 25 cents for each additional one-eigth of a mile or fraction
thereof.
(3) [20] 25 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 as 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 other 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."
SECTION 2. New material is underscored. Material to be repealed is bracketed. In
printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and the underscoring need not be
included.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect 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.
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SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption.
INTRODnUCED BY:
Counci Member, unty of Hawaii
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Hilo, Hawaii
Date of Introduction: November 21, 1996
Date of 1st Reading: Novgnber 21, 1996
Date of 2nd Reading: December 18, 1996
Effective Date: December 24, 1996
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