AlRDINANCE______CITY COUNCIL
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
H0NOLJLJ. HAWAIIILLA BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.

BE IT ORDAINED by the People of the City and County of Honolulu:
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Chapter 13,
Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 19901 to amend the fare for paratransit services.
SECTION 2. Section 13-4.5, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu 1990, as
amended by Ordinance 20-19, is amended to read as follows:“Sec. 13-4.5 Fare.
(a)

Definitions. For the purposes of this section:“ADA Complementary Paratransit Service Standards” means regulatory
requirements for the special transit service imposed by the federal government pursuant
to 49 CFR, Subtitle A, Section 31.131.
“Agency-sponsored fare” means a fare for a one-way passenger trip on thespecial transit service paid for in whole or in part by a qualified human service
organization, as defined in this section.
“Agency trip” means a one-way passenger trip taken by a paratransit eligible
individual to the site of a program administered by a qualified human serviceorganization, as defined in this section, for trips guaranteed to the organization.
“Core service area” means the corridor extending a width of three-fourths of amile on each side of a fixed route. The corridor includes the area within a three-fourthsof a mile radius of either terminus of a fixed route. The corridor also includes an area of
not more than one square mile that does not fall within a corridor, but is entirely
surrounded by corridors.
“Qualified human service organization” means an organization that serves
persons who qualify for human service or transportation-related programs or services
due to disability, income, or advanced age and whose services to such persons include
the purchase of agency-sponsored fares, and receives funding, directly or indirectlyfrom the programs listed in Appendix A of 49 CFR, Part 604.

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(c)

Single Fare.
(1)

Any person issued a paratransit eligibility identification card underSection 13-4.3 and any person accompanying the ADA paratransit eligible
individual shall pay a fare of [$2.00] $2.25 per person per one-way
passenger trip [or a faro allowod by tho ADA,] either in cash, by coupon,or by city payment card programmed for the paratransit fare, except asprovided in Section 13-2.6. Revenues from the fare will be deposited into
the transportation fund.

(2)

Any person to whom a current paratransit eligibility identification card has
been issued under Section 13-4.3 shall pay a single [cach] ride fare inaccordance with Section 13-2.1 to ride a city [trancit] bus or the city [fcrrycorvico] rail system, either by using a programmed city payment card or.
for the city bus system, payment may also be made in cash upon display
to the bus operator of the paratransit eligibility identification card; exceptthat the single ride fare shall not apply when a [faro for] special event fare[corvicos] is charged under Section 13-2.1.

Fares for Services that Exceed ADA Complementary Paratransit ServiceStandards.
(1)

(2)

The department may charge a premium fee in addition to the single farefor a one-way passenger trip on the special transit service for services thatexceed ADA complementary paratransit service standards, including but
not limited to the following:(A)

Same-day one-way passenger trip reservations by paratransit
eligible individuals;(B)

Passenger trip reservations by paratransit eligible individuals to orfrom locations outside the core service area for the special transit
service; and(C)Passenger trip reservations by paratransit eligible individuals
outside the hours and days of fixed route service regularly provided
by [ThoBuc.] the city bus system.

The department may negotiate with a qualified human service
organization and charge a fare higher than the single fare for agency
sponsored fares and agency trips, provided that the fare charged cannot

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exceed applicable rules set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services for paratransit services.
(d)[Paratrancit Eligible Individual Bus Pass. There is established a paratransit
oligiblo individual bus pass faro plan. Undor thu plan, a parson with a valid bus
pass Issued pursuant to this suction:(4-31€ not roguirod to pay the single cash faro at any time whon using tho pitytransit bus COR’iCo and/or city forrj service, oxcopt whon a faro for aspocial service is chargod undor Section 13 2.1. To be entitled to rido acity transit bus and/or city ferry without payment of the single cash fare,the paratransit eligible individual shall display tho valid paratransit oligibloindividual bus pace to tho bus operator; and(23Is entitled to an unlimited number of rides on the city transit bus cervico
and/or city ferry corvico for the duration specified on the paratran&it
eligible individual bus pass.]

A programmed city payment card will be issued to paratransit eligibility ID holders
for the reduced fare on the city bus system and city rail system for paratransit
eligibility ID holders as specified in Section 13-2.1. The reduced fare is notapplicable when fares for special event services are charged or for rides on thecity paratransit system. Use of this programmed city payment card is subject toSection 13-2.7. In the event of loss or theft, the person to whom theprogrammed city payment card was issued shall notify the department
immediately. Thereafter, the programmed city payment card issued to that
person will be invalidated, and a replacement programmed city payment card
may be issued to that person upon payment of the fee for a replacement card as
specified in Section 2-12.
(e)[Issuance and Effoctive Date of Bus Paseos. Any porcon iccued a valid
paratransit oUgibility identification card undor Section 13 1.3 and who appliec fora paratransit eligible individual bus pass from the department will bo issued theparatrancit eligible individual bus pass upon making the appropriate payment inaccordance with Section 13 2.1, for tho duration spocifiod on the bus pacc.

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A personal care attendant shall pay no fare at any time when accompanying an
ADA paratransit eligible individual and performing services as the individual’s
personal care attendant.

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2 1—87 (2020), CD1A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE[4g3Employooc of the transit management services contractor or tho ferry
management services contractor who ha’.’o boon certified go ,ADA paratrancit
oligiblo pursuant to Soction 13 ‘1.2 may uco the special transit so’ico without
boing charged a cash faro by displaying their omployoo identification card andtheir paratrancit eligibility identification card.]’SECTION 3. Ordinance material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New
material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing this ordinance forinclusion in the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, the Revisor of Ordinances need notinclude the brackets, the material that has been bracketed and stricken1 or theunderscoring. In SECTION 2 of this ordinance, the Revisor of Ordinances shall insert
the appropriate section number for the reference to Section 2-12., RevisedOrdinances of Honolulu 1990, from SECTION 2 of Ordinance 21-7 upon its codification.

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CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULUHONOLULU. HAWAIBILL21—4Ic)087 (2020), CD1

A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCESECTION 4. This ordinance takes effect upon its approval; provided that theincrease in fare from $2.00 to $2.25 specified in Section 13-4.5(b), Revised Ordinancesof Honolulu 1990, in SECTION 2 of this ordinance takes effect on July 1,2022.
INTRODUCED BY:
Ann Kobavashilbr)

DATE OF INTRODUCTION:

October 29. 2020
Honolulu, Hawaii

Councilmembers

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
adlLMiaDputy Corporation Coursel

KATHLEEN A. KELLYAPPROVED this14th day of2021

May<3a it0

RICK BLANGIARDI, Mayor
City and County of Honolulu

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CITY COUNCIL
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULUHONOLULU, HAWAIICERTIFICATEBILL 87(2020), CDI
Introduced:
Title:

10/29/20

By:

ANN KOBAYASHI-BY REQUESTCommittee:

BUDGET (BUD)

RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSIT.

Voting Legend: = Aye w/Reservations
10/29/20
INTRO

Introduced.

11/05/20

Passed first reading.

CCL

8 AYES: ELEFANTE, FUKUNAGA, KOBAYASHI. MANAHAN, MENOR, PINE,TEXEIRA, WATERS*
1 NO: TSUNEYOSHI
11/24/20

BUD

Reported out for passage on second reading and scheduling of a public hearing.
CR-3265 AYES: ELEFANTE. MANAHAN. MENOR, PINE, WATERS

1 /27/20

PUBLlSH

Public hearng notice published n the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

12/09/20

CCL/PH

Committee report adopted. Bill passed second reading, pub!Lc bearing closed andreferred to committee.
9 AYES: ELEFANTE, FUKUNAGA, KOBAYASHI, MANAHAN, MENOR, PINE,TEXEIRA, TSUNEYOSHI*, WATERS

12/16/20

PUBLISH

01/02/21

Second reading notice published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
NOTE: Councilmembers Cordero, Kia’aina, Say. Tulba and Tupola took office on
Saturday, January 2, 2021.
CC-3(21) Waters Standing Committee assignments.
CC-4(21) Waters Re-referral of Bills, Resolutions and communications.
—-02/03/21

BUD

04/21/21

BUD

Postponed.
6 AYES: CORDERO, ELEFANTE. KIAAINA, SAY, TSUNEYOSHI, TUPOLA
Reported outfor passage on third reading as amended in CD1 form.
CR-128(21)5 AYES: CORDERO, ELEFANTE, KIAAINA, SAY, TUPOLA*
1 EXCUSED: TSUNEYOSHI

05/05/21

CCLCommittee report adopted and Bill passed third reading as amended.
Posted FD1 (OCS2O21-0400/4/25/2021 10:03 AM) withdrawn.
9 AYES: CORDERO, ELEFANTE, FUKUNAGA, KIA’AINA, SAY, TSUNEYOSHI,TULBA, TUPOLA, WATERS

I hereby certify that the above is a true record of action by the Council of the City andy of Honolulu on this BILL.

flhkrrHASHI, CITY CLERKTOMMY WATERS, C

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AND PRESIDING OFFICER