HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2012-036 2010-2012COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAI `I
BILL NO. 172
ORDINANCE NO. 12 36
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005
EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL FARES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, article 4, division 1, section 18 -90, of the Hawai`i County
Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 18 -90. Fares.
(a) Every person using the mass transit service owned, maintained or operated by the
County shall be charged a $1 cash one -way fare.
(b) Fare prepayment discounts.
(1) All tickets for travel can be prepurchased at a discount of twenty -five
percent off the scheduled cash fare by purchasing a sheet of ten tickets for
$7.50 per sheet with no expiration date ( "Ten Ride Discount Sheet ").
(2) A monthly bus pass fare plan will be offered at a cost of $30 for unlimited
rides on all routes. Monthly passes shall be valid through the last calendar
day of each month with no grace period.
(3) Both the Ten Ride Discount Sheet and the monthly pass must be
purchased directly from the mass transit agency or its designated
representative.
(c) Fare waived for children under the age of five (5), senior citizens, individuals
with disabilities and students.
All fares for travel by children under the age of five, senior citizens, individuals
with disabilities and students shall be waived.
(1) Children under the age of five shall ride free of charge.
(2) Senior citizens age fifty -five and older shall ride free of charge, after
providing proof of age from a valid State ID card, County of Hawai`i
Senior ID card, driver's license, birth certificate or passport.
(3) An individual with a disability shall ride free of charge with a valid,
"Person With Disability Identification Card ", issued by the County of
Hawai`i.
(4) Students (through college) shall ride free of charge, after providing a valid
school identification card.
(d) Shared -ride fares.
Shared -ride program coupons may be purchased by the public through the mass
transit agency and its designated coupon sales outlets in accordance with the
following schedule:
Coupon Price
5 coupon book $15 ($3 per coupon)
10 coupon book $25 ($2.50 per coupon)
15 coupon book $30 ($2 per coupon)
For one -way travel limited to a maximum of nine miles under the shared -ride
program the fare to be collected is set out in fare schedule A in section 18 -92.
(e) Promotional fares.
(1) The purpose of this subsection is to provide lower bus fares when a
new route or service is provided or to boost ridership on
established routes.
(2) The transit administrator may establish fares on a temporary basis
for a period not to exceed [ninety] one hundred and eighty calendar
days for bus routes and services."
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. Severability. 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.
Hilo , Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
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Date Introduced:
First Reading:
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REMARKS:
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
County of Hawai`i
Hilo, Hawai`i
Pete Hoffmann
February 15, 2012
February 15, 2012
February 25, 2012
Second Reading:
To Mayor:
Returned:
Effective:
Published:
REMARKS:
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March 19, 2012
April 2, 2012
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I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by th
indicated above.
APPROVED AS TO
FORM AND LEGALITY:
DEPUTY CORPO •N COUNSEL
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Date MAR 2 2 2012
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